In this magnificently madcap adventure, SR pursues rumours of old pianos into all corners of Siberia: Arctic, Altai, Kamchatka, Princess Volkonsky in Irkutsk… She writes well, has a lovely sense of wonder and of the absurd, and is historically well informed. A delight.
The Lost Pianos of Siberia
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