{"product_id":"the-song-of-names-9781400034895","title":"The Song of Names","description":"Martin Simmonds' father tells him, \"Never trust a musician when he speaks about love.\" The advice comes too late. Martin already loves Dovidl Rapoport, an eerily gifted Polish violin prodigy whose parents left him in the Simmonds's care before they perished in the Holocaust. For a time the two boys are closer than brothers. But on the day he is to make his official debut, Dovidl disappears. Only 40 years later does Martin get his first clue about what happened to him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this ravishing novel of music and suspense, Norman Lebrecht unravels the strands of love, envy and exploitation that knot geniuses to their admirers. In doing so he also evokes the fragile bubble of Jewish life in prewar London; the fearful carnival of the Blitz, and the gray new world that emerged from its ashes. Bristling with ideas, lambent with feeling, \u003cb\u003eThe Song of Names\u003c\/b\u003e is a masterful work of the imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400034895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.26w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2003 pg. 1246\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/24\/2003 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2003 pg. 573\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Mar\/Apr_2004\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/2004 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/30\/2004 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Norman Lebrecht","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935566401717,"sku":"9781400034895","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e335a2cf-b0fb-4cb2-bcb0-18077aeb9715.jpg?v=1688489553","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-song-of-names-9781400034895","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}