Welcome to Litsy!

'The flames were spent, only ashes remained. Bronislaw always felt despondent when the fire was extinguished...' - Pg 121

'He had never wished to leave Sweden, the country that had welcomed him after Auschwitz. Never. One of the marks the camp experience had left on him was a certain phobia, an insecurity that manifested itself as an irrational fear of travel, of leaving the country.' - Pg 113.

'His hair now white, in the calm of his own home, he was finally - after so many years of relative peace - able to confront those memories without trembling.' - Pg 111

'Delicious food no doubt lay beneath the silver cloches on the white tablecloth. A profusion of flowers, countless bottles of red wine, sparking champagne glasses... as if no concentration camp existed, no war.' - Pg 108.

'When tyranny first made its appearance, he had worn the yellow Star of David, unaware that it would become a ticket to death, like the marking on a tree to be axed.' - Pg 26

'I didn't want Regina to have to spend any money; she was an excellent professional musician, but I knew that earning a living through music wasn't easy.' - Pg 7.

Oh dear. Another book club disaster. The writing was at best infantile and at worst trivialising one of history‘s greatest tragedies. There wasn‘t enough here to make a book. It could have made an interesting short story.

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⭐⭐ This book was a huge let down

It was too short! This story gives me a greater appreciation for the sustaining power that music can have. Coupled with love and sheer will to live, Daniel creates a violin infused with the love, determination, hope, passion and even fear that carried him through the most trying time of his life.