May 24, 1941: Alexe� Berg, a classical pianist, is set to perform his first solo concert in Moscow. But just before his d�but, his parents -- his father a renowned playwright, and his mother a famed opera singer -- are exposed for their political indiscretions and held under arrest. With World War II on the brink, and fearing that his own entrapment is not far behind, Alexe� flees to the countryside, assumes the identity of a Soviet soldier, and falls dangerously in love with a general officer's daughter. What follows ...
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May 24, 1941: Alexe� Berg, a classical pianist, is set to perform his first solo concert in Moscow. But just before his d�but, his parents -- his father a renowned playwright, and his mother a famed opera singer -- are exposed for their political indiscretions and held under arrest. With World War II on the brink, and fearing that his own entrapment is not far behind, Alexe� flees to the countryside, assumes the identity of a Soviet soldier, and falls dangerously in love with a general officer's daughter. What follows is a two-decades-long journey through war and peace, love and betrayal, art and artifice -- a rare ensemble in the making of the music of a life.
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New. No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. By the author of Dreams of My Russian Summers, a novel of art, identity and survival. Translated from French.
