{"product_id":"the-gustav-sonata-u-rose-tremain","title":"The Gustav Sonata (U) - Rose Tremain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem only a distant echo. An only child, he lives alone with Emilie, the mother he adores but who treats him with bitter severity. He begins an intense friendship with a Jewish boy his age, talented and mercurial Anton Zweibel, a budding concert pianist. Moving backward to the war years and the painful repercussions of an act of conscience, and forward through the lives and careers of two men, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gustav Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the passionate love of childhood friendship as it is lost, transformed, and regained over a lifetime. Moving between the 1930s and the 1990s, this fierce and beautifully orchestrated novel explores the vast human issues of racism and tolerance, flight and refuge, cruelty and tenderness. It is a powerful and deeply moving addition to the beloved oeuvre of one of our greatest contemporary novelists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e241 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published May 19, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43346081513566,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/26127593.jpg?v=1789587477","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/the-gustav-sonata-u-rose-tremain","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}