02289cam a2200337 4500 2778590897 TxAuBib 20250609120000.0 260609s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063093683 0063093685 agphy1g9 CloudLibrary MnSpTMCL eng MnSpTMCL TxAuBib Mizubayashi, Akira. Fractured Soul [CloudLibrary] : A Novel / Mizubayashi, Akira. [S.l. : HarperCollins, 2023. 1 online resource. 224 p. Electronic book. Awarded the Prix des libraires by France’s booksellers, a universal story about music and restoring one’s faith in others amid the aftermath of tremendous loss.Tokyo, 1938. An amateur quartet, led by the compassionate Yu, gathers to practice. Suddenly, their rehearsal is brutally interrupted by military police. In the ensuing skirmish, Yu’s violin is smashed while his son, Rei, witnesses his father’s arrest. He will never see him again. Salvaging his father’s instrument, Rei escapes thanks to a mysterious lieutenant.Paris, 2003. Raised in France, Rei–now Jacques–has dedicated his life to the broken violin’s repair: studying music, becoming an apprentice, and, eventually, a luthier. However, despite his effort to rehabilitate the damage of years ago, he struggles to reconcile his past with the present.Yet, when a world-class violinist, connected to the lieutenant that helped him as a boy, appears, Jacques’ past is rekindled and he perseveres in a final bid to heal. Fractured Soul is a parable of what once was lost and what there stands to be gained–a story of immense beauty and ferocious courage.Translated from the French by Alison Anderson. Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] HarperCollins 2023 Available via World Wide Web. Format: Adobe EPUB. Requires: CloudLibrary (file size: 2.3 MB.) FICTION|Literary. FICTION|Political. FICTION|Asian American. FICTION|Contemporary Women. Electronic books. CloudLibrary. https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/ereadtexas-document_id-agphy1g9 CloudLibrary TXGID