Tóny

A celebrated old composer and his granddaughter, a young pianist, are working together on a musical setting of a novella written by his friend, a fellow political prisoner from the communist camps. Their conversations frame the real story, which is the grandfather's long life: shaped by the two catastrophes of the twentieth century, Nazism and communism, and above all by the love of his wife, which lasted all his life. Within a few pages the book covers eight decades and many people, each with their own fate and secrets.

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About the book

Form

Novella

Length

155 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Historical, Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Czechia, 20th century

First published

2011 by Hejkal

Author's age

80 when first published

ISBN

9788086026602 (original)