novel2013
Saving Mozart
PublisherEuropa Editions
Pages130
Year2013
ISBN978-1-60945-145-5
Synopsis
A debut novel taking the form of the journal of Otto J. Steiner, a former music critic of Jewish descent suffering from tuberculosis in a Salzburg sanatorium in 1939. Drained by his illness and isolated in the gloomy sanatorium, Steiner finds solace only in music. He is horrified to learn that the Nazis are transforming a Mozart festival into a fascist event. Under the guise of organizing a concert for Nazi officials, Steiner formulates a plan to save Mozart that could dramatically change the course of the war.
Excerpt
Salzburg, 1939. Otto J. Steiner, a Jewish music critic dying of tuberculosis, discovers the Nazis plan to transform a Mozart festival into fascist propaganda. Under the guise of organizing a concert, he formulates a desperate plan that could change the course of history.