A young violin prodigy grows up in Harbin and Shanghai amidst the absurd and often deadly politics of mid-century China. Under the dual influences of her revolutionary parents and her White Russian intellectual tutors (who provide her with a link--personal and tragic--to the composer Dmitri Shostakovich), she is drawn into a precarious world of ideology and espionage where music must serve not only "the masses," but also the unpredictable whims and grand strategies of great leaders. Moving between China, Europe, and New Zealand, the young protagonist learns how music and its artifacts link individuals across time in a chain alternately transcendent and tragic. She also encounters the compromises that talent, fate, and family force upon her.
John Sinclair has worked as a political speechwriter, a treasury official, and roving public policy consultant. He is a former visiting fellow at the Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences in Harbin, China.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A young violin prodigy grows up in Harbin and Shanghai amidst the absurd and often deadly politics of mid-century China. Under the dual influences of her revolutionary parents and her White Russian intellectual tutors (who provide her with a linkNpersonal and tragicNto the composer Dmitri Shostakovich), she is drawn into a precarious world of ideology and espionage where music must serve not only Othe masses,O but also the unpredictable whims and grand strategies of great leaders. Moving between China, Europe, and New Zealand, the young protagonist learns how music and its artifacts link individuals across time in a chain alternately transcendent and tragic. She also encounters the compromises that talent, fate, and family force upon her. Moving between China, Europe, and New Zealand, the young protagonist of this novel learns how music and its artifacts link individuals across time in a chain alternately transcendent and tragic. She also encounters the compromises that talent, fate, and family force upon her. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780864738257
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