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Nina asked this question about The Noise of Time:
I have really enjoyed Julian Barnes' writing, especially Sense of an Ending, but I am really struggling with his latest. Is anyone else feeling this way? I'm so disappointed but I haven't quite finished it yet - maybe it will come together in the last 50 pages.
Jesper E. Siig I found the book an excellent depiction of what I imagine life must have been for a composer like Shostakovich during the (shifting) communist regimes…moreI found the book an excellent depiction of what I imagine life must have been for a composer like Shostakovich during the (shifting) communist regimes. A composer who lives for his music - but must comply to Power to be able to live at all.(less)
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