Klezmer
Tales of the Wild East
Sfar, Joann
Siegel, Alexis (TRN)
Hardcover
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BOOK SUMMARY
Klezmer tells a wild tale of love, friendship, survival, and the joy of making music in pre-World War II Eastern Europe. The Baron of My Backside is perfectly content as the leader of a traveling klezmer band, until his bandmates are brutally murdered. He
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Klezmer tells a wild tale of love, friendship, survival, and the joy of making music in pre-World War II Eastern Europe. The Baron of My Backside is perfectly content as the leader of a traveling klezmer band, until his bandmates are brutally murdered. He sets out for Odessa alone, inconsolable even after he is joined by Chava, a beautiful girl with a voice like an angel. Meanwhile, Yaacov is expelled from his yeshiva for stealing; he too makes his way to Odessa along with Vincenzo, a violinist, and Tshokola, a gypsy entertainer. When these five misfits finally come together, they must set aside their differences and learn to work together (and rock a crowd) through their music. Tragic, humorous, violent, and tender, Klezmer's rich watercolor art and simple but moving story-telling draws you into the lives of these fascinating characters.
AUTHOR BIO
The prodigious Joann Sfar has over 100 books in print and an international following among readers of all ages. The son of a Sephardic father and an Ashkenazi mother, Sfar continues to harvest incredible riches from his twin bloodlines. In his bestselling The Rabbi's Cat, he book us to his paternal country of Algeria; now, in Klezmer he steeps us in the music, pathos, and relentless adventure of his mother's Eastern European heritage.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1596432101
ISBN(13-digit): 9781596432109
Dewey Decimal: 741.5/944
Library of Congress: 2005034660
Book Publisher: First Second
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 115
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