Book Club: The Cellist of Sarajevo

Jul 18, 2024 12:00pm - 01:00pm

Open to all, regardless of insurance.

Come and share your thoughts in this book club:

A novel about war, the endurance of the human spirit, and the subtle ways individuals reclaim their humanity.
In a city under siege, four people are reminded of what it is to be human. A musician sees twenty-two of his friends and neighbors who are waiting in a breadline killed by a mortar attack. In defiance, he picks up his cello and plays at the shelling site for twenty-two days. A second man leaves to collect drinking water for his family and must weigh the value of generosity against selfish survivalism. A third man, in search of bread and distraction, runs into a long-ago friend who reminds him of the city he thought he had lost, and the man he once was. As both men are drawn into the orbit of cello music, a young woman, a sniper—holds the fate of the cellist in her hands. As she protects him with her life, her own army challenges the kind of person she has become.

Participants are responsible for book purchases.