The Cello Suites
Part biography, part music history, and part literary mystery, The Cello Suites weaves together three dramatic narratives: The first features Johann Sebastian Bach and the missing manuscript of his suites from the eighteenth century; the second follows Pablo Casals and the historic discovery of the music in Spain in the late nineteenth century; and the third is Eric Siblin's own infatuation with the suites in the twenty-first century. This love affair leads Siblin to the back streets of Barcelona and a Belgian mansion; to interviews with cellists Mischa Maisky, Anner Bylsma, and Pieter Wispelwey; to archives, festivals, and conferences; and even to cello lessons — all in pursuit of answers to the mysteries that continue to haunt this piece of music more than 250 years after its composer's death. The Cello Suites is an incomparable, beautifully written, true-life journey of discovery, fuelled by the transcendent power of a musical masterpiece.	Review in The Economist The Economist, January 7, 2010 BBC World Service interview The Strand lends an ear to The Cello Suites December 21, 2009 The Irish Times trumpets book Ite O'Donovan, Book of the Day January 27, 2010 The New York Times book review of The Cello Suites Janet Maslin, Books of the Times November 30, 2009 "The Cello Suites" was almost a murder mystery Nelson Wyatt, The Canadian Press November 16, 2009 Bach, Pablo Casals are heroes in a musical detective story Arthur Kaptainis, The Vancouver Sun April 11, 2009 Video of Book Launch The Montreal Gazette video of The Cello Suites November 13, 2009 Radio interview with Shelagh Rogers Host of The Next Chapter on CBC Radio One Interview on NPR show "On Point" Host Tom Ashbrook takes calls, plays music December 7, 2009 Q & A with Eric Siblin Interview with John Fleming, St-Petersburg Times October 25, 2009 Audio interview with House of Anansi Press
	Photograph by: Pierre Obendrauf, The Gazette