Saving Mozart
Subtitle: the diary of Otto J. Steiner
By: Raphael Jerusalmy ; translated from the French by Howard Curtis
Contributors: Curtis, Howard, 1949- translator
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781609451455
Subjects: Jews; Diaries; Fiction; Patients; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; World War, 1939-1945; Music critics; Music festivals; Tuberculosis
Work titles: Sauver Mozart
Description: "Raphael Jerusalmy's debut novel takes the form of the journal of Otto J. Steiner, a former music critic of Jewish descent suffering from tuberculosis in a Salzburg sanatorium in 1939. Drained by his illness and isolated in the gloomy sanatorium, Steiner finds solace only in music. He is horrified to learn that the Nazis are transforming a Mozart festival into a fascist event. Steiner feels helpless at first, but an invitation from a friend presents him with an opportunity to fight back. Under the guise of organizing a concert for Nazi officials, Steiner formulates a plan to save Mozart that could dramatically change the course of the war."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Translation of: Sauver Mozart : le journal d'Otto J. Steiner.