The Black Violin
Subtitle: A Novel
Contributors: Chris Mulhern (Translator)
Publisher: Atria
Published: November 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780743456852
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; General; Fiction - Historical; Fiction; Historical - General; Literary; Fiction / General
First sentence: Johannes Karelsky was a violinist.
Description: "In 1797, the violin prodigy Johannes Karelsky arrives in Venice after fighting with Napoleon's army in the Italian campaign. After the war, he boards with an aged violin maker named Erasmus who created the legendary "Black Violin," which he forbids Johannes to touch because, as he says, "Once you have tasted it, you will never be the same again." Johannes becomes obsessed with the idea of playing this violin as well as finding the woman who saved his life when he was injured in battle."--BOOK JACKET.