The Black Violin: A Novel
Maxence Fermine
144 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0743456858
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Language: English
Publish: 1069142400000
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Wounded while fighting with Napoleon’s army in the Italian campaign, violin prodigy Johannes Karelsky arrives in Venice, where he is rescued by a mysterious woman and boards with Erasmus, an aged violin maker who has created the legendary “Black Violin,” an instrument with which Johannes becomes obsessed as he searches for his enigmatic rescuer.