The Gustav Sonata AUTH-6798720 James Mead

James Mead

Takes a light-hearted rather than confrontational approach

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quirky details about spelling and grammar

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The Gustav Sonata AUTH-6798720 James MeadGustav 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