In 1936, Shostakovitch, just thirty, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin, hitherto a distant figure, has taken a sudden interest in his work and denounced his latest opera. Now, certain he will be exiled to Siberia (or, more likely, executed on the spot), Shostakovitch reflects on his predicament, his personal history, his parents, various women and wives, his childre...
In 1936, Shostakovitch, just thirty, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin, hitherto a distant figure, has taken a sudden interest in his work and denounced his latest opera. Now, certain he will be exiled to Siberia (or, more likely, executed on the spot), Shostakovitch reflects on his predicament, his personal history, his parents, various women and wives, his children—and all who are still alive themselves hang in the balance of his fate. And though a stroke of luck prevents him from becoming yet another casualty of the Great Terror, for decades to come he will be held fast under the thumb of despotism: made to represent Soviet values at a cultural conference in New York City, forced into joining the Party and compelled, constantly, to weigh appeasing those in power against the integrity of his music.
Barnes elegantly guides us through the trajectory of Shostakovitch's career, at the same time illuminating the tumultuous evolution of the Soviet Union. The result is both a stunning portrait of a relentlessly fascinating man and a brilliant exploration of the meaning of art and its place in society.
Julian Patrick Barnes is a contemporary English writer of postmodernism in literature. He has been shortlisted three times for the Man Booker Prize--- Flaubert's Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005), and won the prize for The Sense of an Ending (2011). He has written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh.
Julian Patrick Barnes is a contemporary English writer of postmodernism in literature. He has been shortlisted three times for the Man Booker Prize--- Flaubert's Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005), and won the prize for The Sense of an Ending (2011). He has written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh.
Following an education at the City of London School and Merton College, Oxford, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary. Subsequently, he worked as a literary editor and film critic. He now writes full-time. His brother, Jonathan Barnes, is a philosopher specialized in Ancient Philosophy.
He lived in London with his wife, the literary agent Pat Kavanagh, until her death on 20 October 2008.
读着很痛，最痛的点有三处：问学生音乐是属于谁的，学生害怕，提醒学生列宁是怎么说的，学生依然因为害怕没有答出；提到欧美的so-called humanitarians，质疑how could they understand，几段非常powerful，把那种轻佻感批驳得淋漓尽致；最后一章，never join a party which kills、“they’d killed him by lett...读着很痛，最痛的点有三处：问学生音乐是属于谁的，学生害怕，提醒学生列宁是怎么说的，学生依然因为害怕没有答出；提到欧美的so-called humanitarians，质疑how could they understand，几段非常powerful，把那种轻佻感批驳得淋漓尽致；最后一章，never join a party which kills、“they’d killed him by letting him live”，最终结尾写道或许一切主义都会成为过眼云烟，”but music, in the end, belonged to music.” That was all that mattered.(展开)
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0 有用 Peregrination 2022-08-17 07:09:30
感谢TwoSetViolin让我带着enough classical music knowledge to enjoy this book！这是本结构工整的小说，三次重复的回环，一次比一次更加深刻地探讨Honesty，Power和Art的关系。在当下阅读总有新意。
0 有用 银河系漫游 2019-05-23 11:26:09
It was impossible to tell the truth here and live...T T
0 有用 马东锡 2022-03-04 16:37:04
读着很痛，最痛的点有三处：问学生音乐是属于谁的，学生害怕，提醒学生列宁是怎么说的，学生依然因为害怕没有答出；提到欧美的so-called humanitarians，质疑how could they understand，几段非常powerful，把那种轻佻感批驳得淋漓尽致；最后一章，never join a party which kills、“they’d killed him by lett... 读着很痛，最痛的点有三处：问学生音乐是属于谁的，学生害怕，提醒学生列宁是怎么说的，学生依然因为害怕没有答出；提到欧美的so-called humanitarians，质疑how could they understand，几段非常powerful，把那种轻佻感批驳得淋漓尽致；最后一章，never join a party which kills、“they’d killed him by letting him live”，最终结尾写道或许一切主义都会成为过眼云烟，”but music, in the end, belonged to music.” That was all that mattered. (展开)
0 有用 Wang Weichen 2023-01-05 21:42:52 甘肃
“Tell me, whom does art belong to?”
0 有用 小仙班候选人 2023-07-18 01:45:27 山东
Today, his music is just music.