by Xavier Güell · Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788419738721
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In 1936, at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Dmitri Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk was performed before the watchful eye of Joseph Stalin. The next day, an editorial in Pravda, allegedly written by Stalin, criticized the work, causing distress to Shostakovich. This novel explores the tense relationship between Shostakovich and Stalin, an unequal conflict where music struggles against totalitarian power. Xavier Güell narrates this confrontation, where Shostakovich seeks to develop his music while Stalin tries to use him to legitimize Soviet culture, seeking to turn him into the 'Red Beethoven'.
