The Lost Pianos of Siberia
A Sunday Times Book of 2020
Siberia's story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell.Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos - grand instruments created during the boom years of the Nineteenth Century, and humble, Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos travelled into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers and exiles. That stately…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85752-495-9
- EAN: 9780857524959
- Produktnummer: 27662212
- Verlag: Random House UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.4 cm x D3.5 cm 546 g
- Gewicht: 546
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Sophy Roberts is a British writer whose work focuses on the wild places from Papua New Guinea to the Congo. She began her career assisting the writer Jessica Mitford, and trained in journalism at Columbia University in New York. She regularly contributes to the Financial Times and the US edition of Condé Nast Traveler, among others. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is her first book.
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