After Stalin takes notice of his work and denounces his latest opera, Dmitri Shostakovich, fearing either exile or death, reflects on his predicament as he makes creative compromises to appease those in power.
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"Densely written, masterfully told tale." (Esquire)
"Moving and often genuinely tense." (Reader's Digest)
"Disturbing, darkly comical and an ideal intellectual palate-cleanser to kick off the new year." (Saga Magazine) --Reviews
Undoubtedly one of Barnes s best novels, and a great way to start the literary year." (Sunday Times) --Reviews
"A new, short, highly concentrated novel...meditating in brief paragraphs on the art and compromise with power over 50 years in the life of the composer Shostakovich." (David Sexton Evening Standard) --Reviews
Art and Power collide in Julian Barnes’s first novel since the Booker-winning The Sense of An Ending
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