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Lädt ... The Lost Pianos of Siberia (2020)von Sophy Roberts
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Tedious. I suppose any book about the history of Siberia is going to spend a lot of time talking about incredible oppression and human suffering. Maybe that is why I couldn't get through it. It was well-written, but it didn't deliver what I was looking for. Amidst all that human suffering there was only a teeny weeny bit about pianos and that was what I had come for. It took me almost a month to get only half way through. I never wanted to pick the book up, and when I did, I wanted to put it back down. And so it went. ( ) De auteur is op zoek gegaan naar piano's in Siberië, een originele invalshoek om dit uitgestrekte gebied te verkennen. Het levert diverse verhalen op van bijzondere mensen. Hoewel de schrijfster geen rasverteller is, geeft dit het het boek voldoende diepgang mee. Zeker als je al eens in Siberië bent geweest is dit boek de moeite waard. Maar verwacht geen complete beschrijving, daarvoor is 1 boek niet voldoende. Ook zonder iets van Siberië te weten is dit boek overigens goed te lezen.
An obsession with finding ‘washed up and abandoned’ pianos leads to an impressive exploration of Siberia’s terrifying past Auszeichnungen
"Siberia's story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos--grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble, Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos travelled into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is testament to acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accompanied extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is largely a story of music in this fascinating place, following Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of different instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful-and peppered with pianos"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)915.704864History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Asia SiberiaKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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