In the novel “The Fiddlers’ Tale”, the wonderful violinist and music teacher Mark Lubotsky appears in an unexpected guise: as a writer. The plot of his novel weaves together the intertwined destinies of two friends — gifted musicians. One of them left for the West long ago, became popular, and his name is mentioned in serious encyclopedias. The other stayed at home, but couldn’t adapt to the changes and gradually lost everything he had. A brilliant violinist, ready to give up his life for the truth of art, plays—unneeded by anyone—in an underground passage, while his colleagues, always ready for compromise, perform on the world’s best stages.
And then, thirty years later, the friends meet again…