Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway


A beautifully written, compelling story of endurance and art during the terrible siege. "The men on the hills didn't have to be murderers. The men in the city didn't have to lower themselves to fight their attackers. She didn't have to be filled with hatred. The music demanded that she remember this, that she know to a certainty that the world still held the capacity for goodness. The notes were proof of that."
Steven Galloway. Vedran Smailovic.