The Cellist of Dachau

By: Martin Goodman

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Paperback | 1 February 2024

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"Music transcends war trauma in this important, aching, artful Holocaust novel." - The Toronto Star

Otto, a young cello student in Vienna, is snatched from his home and sent to the concentration camp at Dachau.

Marched from the camp to the Nazi Adjutant’s house, he is forced to play a Stradivarius cello, eyes closed, for the Adjutant’s wife.

Move forward many decades, and Otto is world famous but in retreat on the coast of Big Sur. A young woman, Rosa, turns up with questions. And her own troubled story. "Secrets connect the two strangers, ones that will change their lives."

Is it ever too late to step forward from the horrors of the Holocaust, and dare to trust again?

Industry Reviews

"Extraoridnary. An important, aching, artful Holocaust novel." - The Toronto Star

"Beautifully structured and a distinctive and haunting tone. Altogether a very clever and memorable piece of work."- Simon Mawer, author of The Glass Room

"The parts of the novel set in Dachau, Buchenwald, Terezíiacute;n and Auschwitz ring with a visceral truth, and real figures such as Herbert Zimmer, who established a secret orchestra at Dachau, and Hans Kráaacute;sa – composer of the children's opera Brundibár get respectful supporting roles." - The Financial Times

"This is one powerful story that dares to hope, and shows the way to love."– Bonnie Greer

"A subtle novel that treads delicately around identity, values and life purpose."– The Hackney Citizen

"A Masterful novel." - Morning Star, UK

"A wonderful story. A beautiful book about the unimaginable and what can grow from it." - Marina Mahler, granddaughter of Gustav Mahler

"Music is at the heart of this novel and all the contested relationships in it." Ann McElvoy, Free Thinking, BBC

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