About the book: 2004 / Maxence Fermin (born in 1968) is a favorite of the French reading public, the author of four novels, enthusiastically received by critics. The action of the novel “The Black Violin” takes place in the brilliant, frivolous, intriguing Venice of the 18th century. A brilliant violin maker ruins the life of a brilliant composer without even suspecting it. The cause turns out to be a mysterious black violin, born of an all-consuming passion.…