STEVEN GALLOWAY

Quan un obús cau sobre un forn i mata vint-i-dues persones davant seu, el violoncel·lista pren una decisió que marcarà per sempre la seva vida i la de la ciutat en guerra: durant vint-i-dos dies tocarà, al cràter que ha deixat el morter, l’Adagio d’Albinoni en memòria de les vint-i-dues víctimes. En una celebració de la vida enmig de la tragèd...

This brilliant novel with universal resonance tells the story of three people trying to survive in a city rife with the extreme fear of desperate times, and of the sorrowing cellist who plays undaunted in their midst. One day a shell lands in a bread line and kills twenty-two people as the cellist watches from a window in his flat. He vows to si...

«Es una historia universal y un testimonio de la lucha personal para encontrar sentido, gracia y humanidad, incluso en mitad de los horrores más inimaginables.» Khaled Hosseini

From the author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, an exciting new novel that uses the life and sudden death of Harry Houdini to weave a tale of magic, intrigue, and illusion. What is real and what is an illusion? Can you trust your memory to provide an accurate record of what has happened in your life? The Confabulist is a clever , entertaining, and...