Symphony for the City of the Dead
Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
This ambitious and gripping work is narrative nonfiction at its best. . . . The book has all the intrigue of a spy thriller. . . . A must-have title with broad crossover appeal. - School Library Journal (starred review)In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history-almost three years of bombardment and starvation. Trapped between the Nazi invading force and the Soviet government itself was composer Dmitri Shostakovich, writing a symphony to rouse, rally, eulogize, and commemorate his fellow citizens: the Leningrad Symphony. This is the tr…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7636-9100-4
- EAN: 9780763691004
- Produktnummer: 19603549
- Verlag: Walker Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 464 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.7 cm x D3.0 cm 637 g
- Gewicht: 637
- Sonstiges: Ab 14 J.
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