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Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

Anderson, M. T.

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Young Adult Nonfiction

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 0763691003
ISBN13: 9780763691004
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: Feb 7 2017
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A Wall Street Journal 20 Best Children's Books of the Past 20 Years Selection
A 2016 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist

This ambitious and gripping work is narrative nonfiction at its best. . . . The book has all the intrigue of a spy thriller. . . . A must-have title with broad crossover appeal. -- School Library Journal (starred review)

In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history--almost three years of bombardment and starvation. Trapped between the Nazi invading force and the Soviet government itself was composer Dmitri Shostakovich, writing a symphony to rouse, rally, eulogize, and commemorate his fellow citizens: the Leningrad Symphony. This is the true story of a city under siege, the triumph of bravery and defiance in the face of terrifying odds. It is also a look at the power--and layered meaning--of music in beleaguered lives. Symphony for the City of the Dead is a masterwork thrillingly told and impeccably researched by National Book Award-winning author M. T. Anderson.

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