by Andreï Makine · Sceptre · tapa dura · ISBN 9780340820087
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«A Life's Music» is the historical novel by Andreï Makine, published by Sceptre in hardcover (106 pages, in English).
Under Stalin's regime, young pianist Alexei Berg watches his parents, a playwright and an opera singer, being arrested in 1930s Russia. He flees, fights in World War II under a false identity and, after surviving a prisoner-of-war camp, tells his story at a snow-covered railway station in the Urals.
Novel originally published in French in 2001 as «La Musique d'une vie», translated into English by Geoffrey Strachan. Winner of the Grand Prix RTL-Lire in 2001.
For readers interested in historical fiction about the Soviet Union and in stories of resilience and survival.
Andreï Yaroslavovich Makine is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995) which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis. He was elected to seat 5 of the Académie Française on 3 March 2016, succeeding Assia Djebar.
