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A compact masterpiece dedicated to the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich: Julian Barness first novel since his best-selling, Man Booker Prizewinning The Sense of an Ending. In 1936, Shostakovitch, just thirty, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin, hitherto a distant figure, has taken a sudden interest in his work and denounced his latest opera. Now, certain he will be exiled to Siberia (or, more likely, executed on the spot), Shostakovitch reflects on his predicament, his personal history, his parents, various women and wives, his childrenand all who are still alive themselves hang in the balance of his fate. And though a stroke of luck prevents him from becoming yet another casualty of the Great Terror, for decades to come he will be held fast under the thumb of despotism: made to represent Soviet values at a cultural conference in New York City, forced into joining the Party and compelled, constantly, to weigh appeasing those in power against the integrity of his music. Barnes elegantly guides us through the trajectory of Shostakovitch's career, at the same time illuminating the tumultuous evolution of the Soviet Union. The result is both a stunning portrait of a rel

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Author

Julian Barnes, Julian Barnes

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781101947241

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.73 / 5 (8,605 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14