On Our Minds
Each year the Mantor Library sponsors a reading program, On Our Minds. Our goal is to get everyone reading the same book and to offer the campus community an opportunity to talk with one another about the book, reflect on the theme, and come away from the experience having learned something about ourselves and others.
The On Our Minds 2012-2013 program theme is "Art and the Human Spirit" and the book is:
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Mantor Library has purchased multiple copies of the book which will be on the display case in the library lobby and available for check out beginning June 1, 2012.
As in the past, the books will have a two-week borrowing period (no renewals).
Discussion Guides
- LitLovers Reading Guide: The Cellist of SarajevoIncludes a summary, brief author bio, reviews and discussion questions.
- Penguin Books: The Cellist of Sarajevo Reading GuideDiscussion questions from the book's publisher.
The Cellist of Sarajevo
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In this elegiac novel inspired by an actual event during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992, Steven Galloway explores the brutality of war and the redemptive power of music. Crafted with unforgettable imagery and heartbreaking simplicity, his small book speaks forcefully to the triumph of the spirit in the face of overwhelming despair. In a city ravaged by war, a musician plays his cello for twenty-two days at the site of a mortar attack, in memory of the fallen. Among the strangers drawn into the orbit of his music are a young father in search of water for his family, an older man in search of the humanity he once knew, and a young woman, a sniper, who will decide the fate of the cellist and the kind of person she wants to be. (The Washington Post) |
- The Sounds of PeaceThe full review from The Washington Post.
- War Notes: Steven Galloway's Novel Set in Bosnia Mixes Real and Imagined CharactersA review by The Guardian.
- The Everyday Actions of Ordinary Men Highlight the Horrors of Civil WarBook review form the Sidney Morning Herald.
- Excerpt: "The Cellist of Sarajevo"Excerpt from NPR.
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