![]() In a letter to his son, Moses recounts his humble birth in 18th-century Switzerland and his life as a novice monk, and he tells of the two noble friends-and a forbidden lover-whom he cherished during the chaotic years he spent in Mozart's Vienna as apprentice to the great Gaetano Guadagni. Gall and becomes its star singer, only to endure the horrifying act of castration, meant to preserve his angelic voice and turn him into a musico. Cast into the world with only his ears to protect and guide him, Moses finds refuge in the choir of the historic Abbey of St. His life is simple but content, until the day his father recognizes Moses' singular sense of hearing and its power to expose his sins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Moses Froben was born in a belfry high in the Swiss Alps, the bastard son of a deaf-mute woman, banished to the church tower to ring the Loudest and Most Beautiful Bells in the land each day. ![]() Dazzling, enchanting, and epic, The Bells is the confession of a thief, kidnapper, and unlikely lover-a boy with the voice of an angel whose exquisite sense of hearing becomes both his life's tragic curse and its greatest blessing. ![]()
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