The noise of time, Julian Barnes
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The noise of time, Julian Barnes
Language
eng
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Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The noise of time
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Julian Barnes
Summary
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 children, and 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
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- Communism and society + History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Nationalism and communism -- Fiction
- Composers -- Soviet Union -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
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- Communism and society + History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Nationalism and communism -- Fiction
- Composers -- Soviet Union -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Content1
- Author1