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Dazzling, enchanting, 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 it's greatest blessing.


Moses Froben was born in a belfry high in the Swiss alps, the ***** son of a deaf-mute woman banished to the church tower to ring each day the Loudest and Most Beautiful Bells in the land. His life is simple but content, until the day his father recognizes Moses' singular sense of hearing and it's power to expose his sins. Cast into the world with only his ears to protect and guide him, Moses finds refuge in the choir of the great Abbey of St.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.
in a letter to his son, Moses recounts his humble birth in 18th century Switzerland and his life as a novice monk. He tells of the two noble friends- and a forbidden lover- whom he cherished during his chaotic years in mozart's Vienna as apprentice to the great Gaetano Guardagni , and even as he ascended Europes most celebrated stages as Lo Svizzero. But in this letter he also reveals the astonishing secrets of his past and answers the question that has shadowed his fame: How did Moses Froben, world renowned musico, come to raise a son who by all rights could never have sired?