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THE LOST PIANOS OF SIBERIA - SOPHY ROBERTS KART...

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF 2021    * Shortlisted for the 2021 Stanford Dolman Travel Book
of the Year prize  * A critically-acclaimed Sunday Times  Spectator and Independent Book of
2020   * Now with colour photography by Michael Turek    'Richly absorbing... An impressive
exploration of Siberia's terrifying past.' Guardian   'Evocative and wonderfully original.'
Colin Thubron   __________    Siberia's expansive history is traditionally one of exiles 
bitter cold and suffering. Yet there is another tale to tell.   Dotted throughout this remote
and beautiful landscape are pianos created during the boom years of the nineteenth century.
They tell the story of how  ever since entering Russian culture under the influence of
Catherine the Great  piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos made
the journey into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is remarkable. That they might
be capable of making music in such a hostile landscape feels like a miracle.   The Lost Pianos
of Siberia is an absorbing story about a piano hunt - a quixotic quest through two centuries of
Russian history and eight time zones stretching across an eleventh of the world's land surface.
It reveals not only an unexpected musical legacy  but profound and brave humanity in the last
place on earth you might expect to find it. __________   What readers are saying about The Lost
Pianos of Siberia :    ***** 'You know a book's good when  on finishing it  you just want to
start again.'   ***** 'Beautifully written  full of compelling anecdotes celebrating Siberia's
extraordinary history.'   ***** 'The most unusual and intelligent way to tell a travel story.'

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