Viola

Author: Sotir Gelev

Year of publication: 2021

Publisher: Enthusiast

Number of pages: 144

Format: 250 х 176, paperback

Age: 7+

ISBN: 978-619-164-312-7

Master Yakim Gusla was a luthier, renowned and respected throughout the entire country. He had the skill to craft marvelous musical instruments. Moreover, he could effortlessly compose beautiful melodies and perform them with virtuosity.
The master’s only heir was his young daughter, Viola. With her sparkling green eyes, gentle smile, and kind nature, she would have been a joy and pride for any parent—but not for Master Gusla.
The old master was consumed by deep sorrow. Viola, his only child and the last descendant of many generations of musicians, could not tell one note from another.
As fate would have it, Viola met an extraordinary boy named Phillip.

Sotir Gelev

Sotir Gelev lives in Sofia and works as an artist and writer. He graduated from the National Academy of Art, Sofia. When still a student, he joined the team of the legendary Bulgarian comics magazine Rainbow, and together with his brother Penko Gelev and their studio Gekon, he creates television series for children, full-length animated films, documentaries, and feature films. He has won numerous illustration awards, including two Quillawards – for the graphic novel Ilycho, August, and the Seven Dwarfs, in 2016, and How Lora Learned to Count to Ten, in 2018. The Adventures of Mr. Blueberry received the Hristo G. Danov award in 2021, and that same year, Gelev was awarded the Konstantin Konstantinov prize for children’s literature for his book Lullabies for Fairies and Monsters, published by Enthusiast.

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