Can I read Exile Music : A Novel on EtoBox?

Exile Music : A Novel by Jennifer Steil is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Exile Music : A Novel about?

Based on an unexplored slice of World War II history, Exile Music is the captivating story of a young Jewish girl whose family flees refined and urbane Vienna for safe harbor in the mountains of Bolivia. As a young girl growing up in Vienna in the 1930s, Orly has an idyllic childhood filled with music. Her father plays the viola in the Philharmonic, her mother is a well-regarded opera singer, her beloved and charismatic older brother holds the neighborhood in his thrall, and most of her eccentric and wonderful extended family live nearby. Only vaguely aware of Hitler's rise or how her Jewish heritage will define her family's identity, Orly spends her days immersed in play with her best friend and upstairs neighbor, Anneliese. Together they dream up vivid and elaborate worlds, where they can escape the growing tensions around them. But in 1938, Orly's peaceful life is shattered when the Germans arrive. Her older brother flees Vienna first, and soon Orly, her father, and her mother procure refugee visas for La Paz, a city high up in the Bolivian Andes. Even as the number of Jewish refugees in the small community grows, her family is haunted by the music that can no longer be their li

Who reads Exile Music : A Novel?

Author

Jennifer Steil

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780525561811

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.6 / 5 (207 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14