How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone (Paperback)
Description
Powerful, vivid, and devastating, this novel captures the catastrophe of war through a child's eyes and shows how words have the ability to mend what is broken and resurrect what is lost.
Praise for How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone…
“A bold, questing work of art.”—Los Angeles Times
“Funny, heartbreaking, beautifully written.”—The Seattle Times
“Wildly inventive . . . It rages rough and broad and joyful.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“The magic of storytelling lies at the heart of Saša Stanišic’s sensational debut. . . . A book that will dominate the discourse on how children experience war for a long time to come.”—Foreign Policy
“Poignant and hauntingly beautiful.”—The Village Voice
“Will convert skeptics with the sheer force of its emotional power.”—The Oregonian
“An astonishing accomplishment . . . Enthralling, something you can’t put down.”—Deseret News(Salt Lake City)
“Dazzling . . . A novel rich with experience and imagination.”—Kirkus Reviews
