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The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev: The Story of Lina and Serge Prokofiev
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The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev: The Story of Lina and Serge Prokofiev

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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

As heard on Radio 4 Book of the WeekLina 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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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
15 April 2014
Pages
352
ISBN
9780099581789

The dramatic untold story of Lina and Serge Prokofiev- a tale of a doomed love and a shattering portrait of an artist

As heard on Radio 4 Book of the WeekLina 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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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
15 April 2014
Pages
352
ISBN
9780099581789