The Soul and the String

By Ivry Gitlis

Ivry Gitlis, born in Palestine to Jewish refugees from Ukraine, moved to France at age 11 to study at the internationally renowned Paris Conservatory. He would become one of the 20th century's greatest and most influential violinists. His autobiography, Lame et la corde, here is finally translated into English, and with it the availability of numerous shocking first-person accounts of anti-semitism in France in the 1940s and 50s. Later in the 1960s, Gitlis settled in France, and became a French cultural icon and UN ambassador. The article will unpack complicated socio-political dynamics, with strong implications for the present and future relations between Israel and Palestine, and between Israel and modern-day France.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DNTLRM6R
• ISBN13: 9798986301228
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Felix Mendelssohn Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.9" x 6.2"