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This is a moving tale of secrets and survival bound together by the power of music, from a master storyteller.When Lesley is sent to Venice to interview world-renowned violinist Paulo Levi on his fiftieth birthday, she cannot believe her luck. She is told that she can ask him anything at all - except the Mozart question. But it is Paulo himself who decides that it is time for the truth to be told. And so follows the story of his parents as Jewish prisoners of war, forced to play Mozart violin concerti for the enemy; how they watched fellow Jews being led off to their deaths and knew that they were playing for their lives. As the story unfolds, the journalist begins to understand the full horror of war, and how one group of musicians survived using the only weapon they had - music.
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Michael Morpurgo, the 2003-2005 Children's Laureate, is widely recognized as a master storyteller, and has won numerous awards for his work, including the Smarties Book Prize, the Writer's Guild Award and the Children's Book Award (for The Wreck of the Zanzibar). Michael lives in Devon. Michael Foreman is one of the world's leading illustrators. He has won several major awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal, most recently for War Boy. His titles for Walker Books include Beowulf (9781844287543), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (9781844287307) and Mia's Story (9781844282784). He lives in London.
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The Mozart Question
2008/9/24
形式:ハードカバー
How and when do you introduce the Holocaust to a young child? Can you tell a story about the Holocaust without ever mentioning the word "Jew"? This book, with its lovely watercolor pictures of Venice and subdued brown and gray paintings showing scenes in the camps, skillfully addresses these questions. The story is told through Paolo, who is currently a famous violinist. Paolo shares his story by means of flashbacks, which are revealed while a young journalist is interviewing him. He remembers how his father was the most renowned barber in Venice. Each haircut was an interlude where his father "... would conduct the music of his scissors with his comb." Although Paolo knows his father had been a violinist, his father never plays the instrument and he will not answer his son's questions regarding it. Finally, the boy's mother shows him the violin that she has hidden away on the condition that Paolo stop asking his unremitting questions. Subsequently, one summer evening, Paolo hears the sound of a violin and runs outside in his pajamas to listen. The violinist's name is Benjamin and Paolo sits at the old man's feet as he entertains the audience. They become friends and in the following weeks the child brings his father's violin to Benjamin, who not only repairs it, but secretly teaches the boy how to play it. All the while, the relationship and the violin lessons are a secret -- until Benjamin insists that Paolo reveals the nature of their relationship to his parents. The child is very upset because he feels his parents will be angry with him. What happens next is both an unexpected twist and a very satisfying and surprise ending. The author reveals each "secret" a little at a time until all the puzzle pieces are in place. The story is powerful but is presented in a way that will not frighten a young child. Paolo, the main character, is particularly well drawn, as is the background information about what it was like to survive in the camps. This well written and illustrated book should be an addition to all holocaust literature for children. Ages 9-12. Reviewed by Marge Kaplan
Music during the Holocaust
2011/4/4
形式:ペーパーバック
When a young reporter is assigned to interview the famous violinist Paolo Levi, she is told not to ask "the Mozart Question." The problem is that she has no idea what that question is. When see meets Levi, her nerves cause her to babble, and she mentions that she isn't going to ask the "Mozart Question". Instead of immediately ending the interview, Levi unexpectedly tells the story of how he became a violinist, a story that also includes the stories of his parents, who were once violinists themselves, and who used their music to save their lives.
This is a powerful story about the horrors of the Holocaust, and the struggles faced by those who survived. The author doesn't shy away from the brutal reality of the concetration camps, so that while this is a children's book, parental guidance is strongly suggests to ensure that young readers are prepared for this material. These same young readers are likely to come away from this book with lots of questions, so parents also need to be prepared to discuss this topic, as well.
While this book deals with the weighty issues of the Holocaust, it also is a story of survival and of sharing the truth. In the end, these positive messages carry the story, and help to keep it from being overwhelmingly depressing.
This is a powerful story about the horrors of the Holocaust, and the struggles faced by those who survived. The author doesn't shy away from the brutal reality of the concetration camps, so that while this is a children's book, parental guidance is strongly suggests to ensure that young readers are prepared for this material. These same young readers are likely to come away from this book with lots of questions, so parents also need to be prepared to discuss this topic, as well.
While this book deals with the weighty issues of the Holocaust, it also is a story of survival and of sharing the truth. In the end, these positive messages carry the story, and help to keep it from being overwhelmingly depressing.
great book
2011/1/6
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i've given this book as a present to quite a few friends. lovely story with nice illustrations.decided it was about time to own it myself!
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