The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev: The Story of Lina and Serge Prokofiev
Author(s): Simon Morrison
As heard on Radio 4 Book of the Week. Lina Prokofiev was alone in her Moscow apartment one night when the telephone rang. The caller insisted that she come downstairs to collect a parcel, but when she reached the courtyard she was arrested for treason. First enraptured by the young pianist and rising star, Serge Prokofiev, during a courtship in Brooklyn, then abandoned by him in Moscow, Lina survived one of the darkest periods in Soviet history - enduring eight years in the Gulag after she received that fateful telephone call. Unfolding with the intrigue of a spy novel, The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev traces the largely untold story of a remarkable woman who gave up her career, her country and her freedom for the brilliant man she married.
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The dramatic untold story of Lina and Serge Prokofiev: a tale of a doomed love and a shattering portrait of an artist
"Unforgettable as a testimony of personal devotion" -- John Carey Sunday Times "Morrison tells a good story, without excess or indulgence, and with touching empathy for his heroine" Guardian "Immensely readable and entertaining" -- Amanda Foreman New Statesman "Meticulously researched" -- Richard Morrison The Times "Morrison writes excellently... As much a story of personal tragedy and disappointment as it is a compelling study of how art and tyranny interact" -- Stuart Kelly Scotsman
Simon Morrison is Professor of Music History at Princeton, where he earned his PhD in musicology. He is the author of The People's Artist, a definitive account of Prokofiev's career after his fateful return to the Soviet Union in 1936, along with numerous articles and essays in leading scholarly journals, and features for the New York Times. Morrison was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011.
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.264
- : 01 February 2014
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : Simon Morrison
- : Paperback
- : 780.92
- : 336
- : illustrations