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Summary Of The Cellist Of Sarajevo

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Galloway, Steven. (2009) The Cellist of Sarajevo. New York: Riverheadbooks.

Review 1: Green, Z. (2008). Review: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway. the Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2015, from http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/29/fiction.reviews3

Green’s review of The Cellist of Sarajevo tells us about Steven Galloway’s four main characters that the story revolves around. There’s a cellist who mourns for 22 people who were killed by an exploding shell right in front of him; he goes off to preform the same song for 22 consecutive days in a “carnage-strewn” street– one day for each victim. Arrow is a woman whom only shoots soldiers because they kill unarmed civilians. We’re also told of one Kenan who seems to be all about keeping his family safe and a baker named Dragan who appears to be stuck in the past.

Galloway proceeds to intertwine the lives and thoughts of these four characters that are all found in the same circumstance of their city being under-attack. Green also states that the story reads very simplistically, a nice touch, even when it’s far from being so.

Review 2: "Retired Reader", B. (2008). A Truly Great Read!. Amazon.com. Retrieved 6 September 2015, from http://www.amazon.com/review/R2F5JGYJKO79ZZ/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1594489866 …show more content…

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