by M.T. Anderson
3.5 starsI never knew what the Soviet Union went through around WWII. This was almost like an apocalyptic read, with all the horrors they lived. And the kicker is that it’s true.
What an interesting aspect of WWII research. This historical novel looked at the war through the lens of music and its influence on entire cultures and nations. Not just any music, but that of the famous Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, peering into his entire tumultuous, revolutionary life in L...
Every now and then a book comes along that blows me away and [book:Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad|24727079] is one of those books.A riveting story of the music of composer Dimitri Shostakovich along with an extensively researched history of the sieg...
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