The noise of time

The Noise of Time

In May 1937, in an apartment building in Leningrad, a man in his early thirties wearing glasses waited in front of the elevator, a small suitcase leaning against his legs. They always came to arrest you at midnight, and rather than be dragged out of the apartment in his pajamas, he would rather get ready and wait in front of the elevator night after night, waiting to be arrested.
He was Shostakovich, a man who spent his entire life waiting for execution. He gave his cowardice to power and his courage to music. This book is Julian Barnes's biography of his hero.
This is Barnes' first novel since The Sense of an Ending, commemorating the 110th anniversary of Shostakovich's birth and dedicated to the timid yet unyielding musical spirit. It was selected as a Book of the Year by the Daily Mail, Financial Times, Guardian, The Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, and The Observer.

2018-01-01

译林出版社

257

9787544769440