Title: The Gustav Sonata
Description: Growing up sheltered from the echoes of World War II, Gustav forges an intense relationship with a mercurial Jewish boy, Anton, a talented pianist who introduces him to the harsh realities of racism, tolerance, and cruelty during a friendship spanning half a century.
Subjects: Male friendship, Friendship in children, Friendship, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Fiction, historical, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Switzerland, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general
Places: Switzerland