Listening Hands
Eavesdropping on the Sound of Life
$42.18
- Paperback
268 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2026
Summary
A master class on discerning the sacred in everyday work from the award-winning author of *The Sound of Life’s Unspeakable Beauty*
In Listening Hands: Eavesdropping on the Sound of Life, violinmaker Martin Schleske—hailed as a modern-day Stradivarius—invites you into his Bavarian workshop where wood becomes music and craftsmanship becomes prayer. Through captivating stories of selecting materials, shaping instruments, and pursuing the perfect sound, Schleske …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780802886354 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0802886353 |
| Author: | Martin Schleske, Janet Gesme |
| Publisher: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
| Imprint: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 268 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 138mm x 214mm |
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Critics Review
“Listening Hands is a profound exploration of lived art and lived life. I recommend this for any pilgrim seeking beauty, truth, and incarnational spirituality.”
–William Paul Young, author of The Shack
Praise for previous work:
“Martin Schleske’s writing speaks into the gap between what we know to be ideal and the reality we face every day.”
–Makoto Fujimura, from the foreword to The Sound of Life’s Unspeakable Beauty
“Reading these richly evocative reflections, I found myself again and again ‘surprised by joy.’ And gratitude. I was reminded that when people live into their callings deeply and faithfully, they become beacons: they remind us what happens when one says yes to the Spirit’s invitation daily and faithfully.”
–Marilyn McEntyre, author of When Poets Pray
“I have never seen someone so passionately and comprehensively express the relationship between calling and faith. Page by page, Schleske offers lessons along his violinmaking journey that are sure to inspire his readers.”
–Tony Payne, Wheaton College Conservatory of Music
Martin Schleske
Martin Schleske is a celebrated luthier and the author of The Sound of Life’s Unspeakable Beauty. He has a passion for the craft of instrument design and the science of acoustical research and has been described as “one of the most important living violinmakers” by Strad magazine.
Janet Gesme has taught German and music at the college level and played viola and cello professionally. She plays Martin Schleske’s “Schorschi” viola and is the translator of his award-winning book The Sound of Life’s Unspeakable Beauty.
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