The sweeping life of a German-born musical genius, tracing his artistic struggles across a divided Europe.
Books mentioned in Jean-Christophe (3)
A Thousand and One Nights: “Have you read the Arabian Night in which a genii, as tall as a mountain, is imprisoned in a bottle sealed with the seal of Solomon?”
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo: “Her eyes were worn out with copying out at night ... Les Misérables of Hugo.”
Childhood by Leo Tolstoy: “he read him Tolstoy's Memories of Childhood.”