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020    1501173502 |q(paperback)
035    (OCoLC)on1083767712
035    278539
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050 00 HV640.5.S97 |bA3613 2019
100 1  Ahmad, Aeham, |d1988- |eauthor.
240 10 Und die Vögel werden singen. |lEnglish
245 14 The pianist from Syria : |ba memoir / |cAeham Ahmad, as told to Sandra Hetzl and Ariel Hauptmeier ; translated by Emanuel Bergmann.
264  1 New York : |bAtria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., |c2019.
264  4  |c©2019
300    276 pages : |billustration, maps ; |c22 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
500    Translation of: Und die Vögel werden singen.
520    "An astonishing yet true account of a pianist's life in war-torn Syria and his ultimate escape to Germany offers a deeply personal perspective on the most devastating refugee crisis of this century. Aeham Ahmad was born a second-generation refugee--the son of a blind violinist and carpenter who recognized Aeham's talent and taught him how to play piano and love music from an early age. When his grandparents and father were forced to flee Israel and seek refuge from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1948, Aeham's family built a life in Yarmouk, an unofficial refugee camp to more than 160,000 Palestinians in Damascus. While waiting for the conflict to be resolved so that they could return to their homeland, they raised a new generation in Syria. But another fight overtook their asylum. Their only havens were in music and each other. In his escape from Syria, Aeham sought out a safe place for him and his family to call home and build a better future. Heart-wrenching though full of hope, and told in a raw and poignant voice, The Pianist from Syria is a gripping portrait of one man's search for a peaceful life and of a country being torn apart as the world watches in horror."--Jacket.
546    Translated from the German.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
600 10 Ahmad, Aeham, |d1988-
650  0 Pianists |zSyria |vBiography.
650  0 Refugees |zSyria |vBiography.
650  0 Refugees |zGermany |vBiography.
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |xMusic. |2bisacsh
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |xPersonal Memoirs. |2bisacsh
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |xSocial Activists. |2bisacsh
650  7 Pianists. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01063351
650  7 Refugees. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01092797
651  7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272
651  7 Syria. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01208757
655  4 Nonfiction.
655  4 Autobiographies.
655  7 Autobiographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919894
655  7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655  7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft
700 1  Hetzl, Sandra, |d1980- |eauthor.
700 1  Hauptmeier, Ariel, |eauthor.
700 1  Bergmann, Emanuel, |d1972- |etranslator.
852 0   |bscstacks |hHV640.5.S97 |iA3613 2019