{"product_id":"the-gustav-sonata-9780393354843","title":"The Gustav Sonata","description":"\u003cp\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. The novel follows Gustav's family, tracing the roots of his mother's anti-Semitism and its impact on her son and his beloved friend. Moving backward to the war years and the painful repercussions of an act of conscience, and forward through the lives and careers of the two men, one who becomes a hotel owner, the other a concert pianist, \u003cem\u003eThe Gustav Sonata\u003c\/em\u003e explores the passionate love of childhood friendship as it is lost, transformed, and regained over a lifetime. It is a powerful and deeply moving addition to the beloved oeuvre of one of our greatest contemporary novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTremain, Rose:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRose Tremain\u003c\/strong\u003e's prize-winning books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Road Home\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Gustav Sonata\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMerivel\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe American Lover\u003c\/em\u003e, have been published in thirty countries. Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and member of the Royal Society of Literature, she lives in Norfolk, England with the biographer Richard Holmes.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565834277138,"sku":"9780393354843","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7cbaa7c2-bc66-4b17-b77f-151bd12ee7b0.jpg?v=1731888671","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gustav-sonata-9780393354843","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}