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03023aam a2200529Ii 4500 001 03F130182F5D11E982BD1A5E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190213010013 008 190201t20192019nyuab 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1501173499 020 $a 9781501173493 035 $a (OCoLC)1083767712 040 $a IG$ $b eng $e rda $c IG$ $d OCLCO $d BDX $d FBR $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 043 $a e-gx--- $a e-gx--- 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Ahmad, Aeham, $d 1988- $e author. 240 10 $a Und die VoÌgel werden singen. $l English 245 14 $a The pianist from Syria : $b a memoir / $c Aeham Ahmad, as told to Sandra Hetzl and Ariel Hauptmeier ; translated by Emanuel Bergmann. 250 $a First Atria Books hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Atria Books, $c 2019. 300 $a 276 pages : $b illustration, maps ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Aeham Ahmad was born a second-generation refugeethe 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 IsraeliPalestinian conflict ravaging their home, Aehams family built a life in Yarmouk, an unofficial camp to more than 160,000 Palestinian refugees in Damascus. They raised a new generation in Syria while waiting for the conflict to be resolved so they could return to their homeland. Instead, another fight overtook their asylum. Their only haven was in music and in each other. Forced to leave his family behind, Aeham sought out a safe place for them to call home and build a better life, taking solace in the indestructible bond between fathers and sons to keep moving forward. Heart-wrenching yet ultimately full of hope, and told in a raw and poignant voice, The Pianist from Syria is a gripping portrait of one mans search for a peaceful life for his family and of a country being torn apart as the world watches in horror." -- dustjacket flap. 600 10 $a Ahmad, Aeham, $d 1988- 650 0 $a Pianists $z Syria $v Biography. 650 0 $a Refugees $z Germany $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Hetzl, Sandra, $d 1980- $e contributor. 700 1 $a Hauptmeier, Ariel, $e contributor. 700 1 $a Bergmann, Emanuel, $d 1972- $e translator. 941 $a 14 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716024757.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710043706.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021024337.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804023610.0 952 $l TKPE492 $d 20211118021610.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20191205014328.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20191004011457.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190710010118.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20190618010949.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20190514013519.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190418010450.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20190417011324.0 952 $l YKPE532 $d 20190327052020.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20190306011000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=03F130182F5D11E982BD1A5E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search