The Keeper of Secrets: A Sweeping Multigenerational Saga of Love, Music, and a Rare Violin from 1939 Berlin and Dachau to Communist Russia - Couverture souple

Thomas, Julie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062240307 ISBN 13 : 9780062240309

Editeur : William Morrow Paperbacks, 2013

Synopsis

Beautiful and mysterious, The Keeper of Secrets by Julie Thomas follows a priceless violin across generations—from WWII to Stalinist Russia to the gilded international concert halls of today—and reveals the loss, love, and secrets of the families who owned it.
 
In 1939 Berlin, 14-year-old Simon Horowitz’s world is stirred by his father's 1742 Guarneri del Gesu violin. When Nazis march across Europe and Simon is sent to Dachau, he finds unexpected kindness, and a chance to live.
 
In the present day, orchestra conductor Rafael Gomez finds himself inspired by Daniel Horowitz, a 14-year-old violin virtuoso who refuses to play. When Rafael learns that the boy's family once owned a precious violin believed to have been lost forever, Rafael seizes the power of history and discovers a family story like no other.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Julie Thomas lives in Cambridge, New Zealand. She wrote The Keeper of Secrets over a seven-year period while writing and producing television and film full-time.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A priceless violin. A family torn apart.
A decision that could change everything.

Berlin, 1939. Fourteen-year-old Simon Horowitz is awash in a world of music. His family owns a superb collection of instruments and at its heart is his father's 1742 Guarneri del Gesú violin. But all is lost when the Nazis march across Europe, the Horowitz family's possessions are confiscated, and Simon and his father and brother are sent to Dachau. Amid unimaginable cruelty and death, Simon finds kindness from an unexpected corner, and a chance to pick up a violin in exchange for a chance to live.

In the present day, orchestra conductor Rafael Gomez has seen much in his time on the world's stage, but he finds himself oddly inspired by the playing of an aspiring violin virtuoso, a fantastic talent who is just fourteen. When the boy, Daniel Horowitz, Simon's grandson, suddenly rebels and refuses toplay another note, Rafael decides he'll do anything he can to change that. After Rafael learns the boy's family once owned a precious violin, believed to have been lost forever, he thinks he might know how to get Daniel playing again. In taking on the task he discovers a family story like no other, one that winds from World War II and Communist Russia all the way to Rafael's very own stage.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0062240307
• ISBN 13: 9780062240309
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: AVON BOOKS; https://www.avonbooks.co.uk/; ; Avenida Sur del Aeropuerto de Barajas, 38 Ed. 4, Bajo 3; Madrid; Madrid; 28042; Espagne