The gustav sonata by rose tremain7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() But despite this hard shell, nothing in Gustav's life can be called neutral. A gifted pianist, Anton is tortured by stage fright only in secret games with Gustav does his imagination thrive.īut Gustav is taught that he must develop a hard shell, 'like a coconut', to protect the softness inside - just like the hard shell perfected by his country to protect its neutrality. ![]() He adores his mother, but she treats him with bitter severity, disapproving especially of his intense friendship with Anton, the Jewish boy at school. Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland where the horrors of the Second World War seem distant. ![]()
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