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The Song of Names
The Song of Names
Author: Norman Lebrecht
Martin Simmonds’ father tells him, “Never trust a musician when he speaks about love.” The advice comes too late. Martin already loves Dovidl Rapoport, an eerily gifted Polish violin prodigy whose parents left him in the Simmonds’s care before they perished in the Holocaust. For a time the two boys are closer than brothe...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781400034895
ISBN-10: 1400034892
Publication Date: 2/10/2004
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 2
A good story, but the author works way too hard to make it difficult to read.
kappel avatar reviewed The Song of Names on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Riveting story, but dense language. If the author could pick between a simple word and a sophisticated word, the sophisticated word was always used.
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Helpful Score: 1
I have to say that I didn't really enjoy this book. The story itself is a good one, but it just wasn't told well. I was bored most of the time and I didn't feel sympathy for or even like any of the characters, except perhaps the wife who was only a very minor character anyway. The story wasn't told chronologically which made especially the beginning quite boring. When I found out what the "Song of Names" actually was, it was a bit heart-stopping, but that was one of the few touching moments in the book, and it was short-lived. I did enjoy that large vocabulary in this book--I came across a word I didn't know every twenty pages or so--that's something that doesn't happen often. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this. Too boring. I'm sure you can find similar stories told much better elsewhere.
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