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Simon Morrison - Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev, E-bok

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Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev

The Story of Lina and Serge Prokofiev

Av Simon Morrison

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As heard on Radio 4 Book of the WeekLina Prokofiev was alone in her Moscow apartment one night when the telephone rang. The caller insisted that she come downstairs to collect a parcel, but when she reached the courtyard she was arrested for treason. First enraptured by the young pianist and rising star, Serge Prokofiev, during a courtship in Brooklyn, then abandoned by him in Moscow, Lina survived one of the darkest periods in Soviet history – enduring eight years in the Gulag after she received that fateful telephone call. Unfolding with the intrigue of a spy novel, The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev traces the largely untold story of a remarkable woman who gave up her career, her country and her freedom for the brilliant man she married.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-03-21
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Filformat: EPUB
  • Kopieringsskydd: LCP
  • ISBN: 9781448156269
  • Förlag: Vintage Publishing
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Simon Morrison is Professor of Music History at Princeton, where he earned his PhD in musicology. He is the author of The People’s Artist, a definitive account of Prokofiev’s career after his fateful return to the Soviet Union in 1936, along with numerous articles and essays in leading scholarly journals, and features for the New York Times. Morrison was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011.

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"Unforgettable as a testimony of personal devotion" -- John Carey Sunday Times "Morrison tells a good story, without excess or indulgence, and with touching empathy for his heroine" Guardian "Immensely readable and entertaining" -- Amanda Foreman New Statesman "Morrison writes excellently... As much a story of personal tragedy and disappointment as it is a compelling study of how art and tyranny interact" -- Stuart Kelly Scotsman "Meticulously researched" -- Richard Morrison The Times

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