The Cellist of Sarajevo

Why does the cellist play the Adagio each day for twenty-two days in the novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo?

The Cellist of Sarajevo

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After witnessing the deaths of twenty-two people in a tragic bombing at Sarajevo’s main marketplace, the cellist decides to play an Adagio for 22 days in a row at the scene of the massacre, a day for each person killed.

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