Testimony: The Memoirs Of Dmitri Shostakovich As Related To And Edited By Solomon Volkov Faber Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Music

\ A Terrifying And Unhappy Book The Guardianthis Astounding Self-Portrait Covering Whole Of Shostakovich\ S Life (1906-1975) Was Prepared In Collaboration With Distinguished Soviet Musicologist Solomon Volkov Composer\ Consent Manuscript Smuggled Out Russia - But Shostakovich Fearing Reprisals Stipulated That Should Not Appear Until After His Death Ever Since Its Publication 1979 It Has Been Subject Controversy Some Suggesting Invented Parts Most Affirming Revealed Profoundly Ambivalent Which World Had Never Seen Before At Once Triumphant Tragic Either Way Remains Indispensible To An Understanding Work Testimony Is Intense Fiercely Ironic Both Plain-Spoken Outspoken Σελίδες: 288 Διαστάσεις: 13 5X13 5Cm