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Title	:	The Soloist
Author	:	Mark Salzman
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Vintage Contemporaries
Pages	:	Pages: 284 pages
Published	:	February 1995 by Vintage (first published January 1st 1994)
Categories	:	Fiction. Music. Contemporary. Literature

The Soloist

Mark Salzman

Paperback | Pages: 284 pages

Rating: 3.66 | 2553 Users | 284 Reviews

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I've been in a musical mood lately. From a piano shop in Paris to a life of Beethoven (which is slow-going and a bit frustrating so far but still...Beethoven!) to Mark Salzman's novel about a child prodigy cellist and what happens to him when he loses the desire to play.

Well, that is not exactly right. When we meet Reinhart Sundheimer he has not 'concertized' for many years, but he still practices daily, trying to recapture the magic of earlier years. But he lost the desire to play, the love for playing long before the story begins.

Then comes jury duty; and a gifted student. How will these two influences affect our
narrator's life?

The courtroom drama was interesting, and certainly brought up many topics that could be discussed (hopefully calmly) in a discussion group. But while I was fascinated by the trial, I was enchanted by the story of Kyung-hee. I learned new music along with him, (thanks to YouTube) and came away with a greater appreciation for both Bach and the cello.

My mother was a music major in college, and played string bass in the El Paso Symphony Orchestra back in the late 70's. She plays cello for fun now, and although she complains that it is not really her instrument, she enjoys her practicing. I am going to take her this book. I think she will
understand Salzman and his love for music, although she might get a bit lost during that trial. I know I did a time or two.

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Original Title:	The Soloist
ISBN:	0679759263 (ISBN13: 9780679759263)
Edition Language:	English

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I enjoy books that are divided into smaller chapters. It makes them a nice quick read, like a light snack. At first, I thought that a cellist involved in the trial of a Buddhist monk who was on trial for murder sounded like the cheesy, CSI-wannabe crime novels that I try so hard to avoid. But this novel actually weaved the two concepts together quite well. The only reason I can't give it more stars is because I felt absolutely nothing for the narrator. If anything, I found his lack of certainty

I loved the way Mark Salzman wrote about the way different music makes one see and feel it; also, how he could so well describe the composers, and the music's technicalities and technique. I wanted more music and less courtroom jury, but that part is what, in the end, helped him to see himself and his music better. It is good to read a book that entertains as well as leaves you thinking and asking questions along the way.

This is a novel (not to be confused withh the true story that has been made into a movie starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr). It is an incandescent work about personal growth. Renne is a former musical child prodigy now teaching music at a university - too young to be a retired concert soloist, too old to still be a virgin.

This book was like a piece of classical music....an interesting variety of voices and themes, all intersecting, with a logical, yet not totally final resolution. I loved the sensation of the cello resonating through the narrator's body!

Warning: Do not even think about reading this if you are not heavily into classical music/musicians, and the process of of the classical concertA friend lent me his copy for the book's paradoxical trial of a young man convicted of killing his Zen master. Sunheimer, a cellist since youth, is one of the jury members. The chapters in the jury room are a rehash of "Twelve Angry", as it could be told by Henry Fonda's character's inner monologue. Even a few of the less savory characters are cliches

I wish I could give this book six stars! It was written in 1994 and I think I read it first 10-15 years ago. I have thought about it many times since. It is about a child prodigy cello player who looses his musical ability due to a hearing change and he spends his whole life trying to once again become a master of the instrument. He is now 36, a college music professor, and still hopes to play the cello professionally. He is stuck. And then he gets called to jury duty and his life and his

Renne Sundheimer was a child prodigy. His instrument of choice was the cello. Unfortunately, his gift deserted him at the age of eighteen never to return. He spent his life attempting to rekindle what he had lost until he was selected for jury duty. The trial made him open his eyes to what he had been missing in life and where he truly stood. The book is a slow read and drags in certain parts. But, it is a good story of overcoming a life disappointment and finally move on. Even, if it takes