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Music of a Life
Music of a Life: A Novel | Geoffrey Strachan, Andreï Makine
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Pursuing a musical career despite the persecution of his performer parents during Stalin's late 1930s reign of terror, young Alexi Berg is forced to flee into a violent world when his parents are arrested.
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La Musique d'une vie | Andreï Makine
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Andreï Makine "Musik eines Lebens"
"Eine berührende Geschichte von verlorener Zeit und gestohlenen Träumen. Mai 1941: Als seine Eltern von Stalins Schergen verhaftet werden, muss der hoffnungsvolle Pianist Alexej Berg fliehen. Er nimmt die Identität eines unbekannten toten Soldaten an und gerät in die Wirren des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Doch die Gefahr lauert nicht auf dem Schlachtfeld, wie Alexej bei seiner Rückkehr nach Moskau feststellt."

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Music of a Life: A Novel | Geoffrey Strachan, Andreï Makine
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4/5 stars. I found it a bit hard to get into at first, but once I really became invested in the story, I enjoyed it. I felt like a lot of ends were left loose, though, but I still gave it the rating that I did because the writing was beautiful, fluid poetry, and I was impressed that Makine managed to get so much of a story into only 109 pages.

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Music of a Life: A Novel | Geoffrey Strachan, Andreï Makine
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Shutting out the world for a while today to read and cuddle with my sleepy little bear. 💜

Kat_Reads I LOVE your tattoo. I've been meaning to get one but I'm too chicken 7y
howlinglibraries @Kat_Reads Thank you! I have 10 total, and that one was one of the least painful, if that's any encouragement. 😃 7y
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