{"product_id":"9781408885543","title":"The Great Passion by Mr James Runcie","description":"A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR_______________'A masterpiece' SCOTSMAN'A wise, refreshing novel  ... Runcie has an expert imagination' HILARY MANTEL`A masterclass in writing about the power of music and grief' THE TIMES, 100 best books for summer 2022_______________Love and Death.   Grief and Joy.   Music that lasts forever.   Leipzig, 1726. Eleven-year-old Stefan Silbermann has just lost his mother. Sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir, he is rescued from his homesickness and grief by the Cantor: Johann Sebastian Bach himself. Stefan is brought into the Bach household as an apprentice - until a devastating loss brings his period of sanctuary to a close.  Something is happening, though. In the depths of his loss, the Cantor is writing a new work. As Stefan watches the work rehearsed, he realises he is witness to the creation of one of the most extraordinary pieces of music that has ever been written.   _______________`Brilliant ... Readers will be enriched by this novel and its glimpse at genius' The Times, Historical Fiction of the Month`Warmly, reverently, Runcie brings alive what it is like to take part, for the very first time, in one of the most extraordinary pieces of music ever written' Daily Telegraph_______________\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312304927093,"sku":"9781408885543","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781408885543.jpg?v=1762821453","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781408885543","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}