A compact masterpiece dedicated to the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich: Julian Barnes's first novel since his best-selling, Man Booker Prize-winning The Sense of an Ending . In 1936, Shostakovich, just thirty, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin, hitherto a distant...
From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending comes an extraordinary fictional portrait of the relentlessly fascinating Russian musician and composer Dmitri Shostakovich and a stunning meditation on the meaning of art and its place in society...
In 1936, Shostakovich, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin has taken a sudden interest in his work and denounced his latest opera. Now, certain he will be exiled to Siberia, Shostakovich reflects on his predicament, his personal history, his parents, various women and...