![]() There’s a very striking episode late in part 1 where the two boys, on holiday in Davos with Anton’s parents, invent a hospital in the ruins of an old sanitorium, where they care for imaginary patients. And it never will be done.” (4)Īgainst this theme is set the theme of the life of the emotions, the painful ones that Gustav has to overcome in himself, and the joyful ones so vividly embodied in Anton’s love for music, the warmth and generosity of his home life and the closeness between the two boys. Then you will have the right kind of life.” (4)Įmilie may be “courageous, separate and strong”, but she’s full of bitterness at the loss of the life she once had with her husband Eric, who died when Gustav was a baby, died, she tells Gustav, trying to save Jews. Do you understand me? You have to hold yourself together and be courageous, stay separate and strong. ![]() Anton is lively, quick and emotional while Gustav is steady, serious, imbued with his mother Emilie’s repeated maxim, “you have to master yourself.” The first of the three movements of The Gustav Sonata, set in a fictional Swiss town in 1947, tells the story of a desperately poor young boy, Gustav, and his wealthy friend Anton who meet at kindergarten. ![]()
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