Sergei Prokofiev: Soviet Diary 1927 and Other Writings - Hardcover

Oleg Prokofiev; Christopher Palmer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571161588 ISBN 13: 9780571161584

Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited, 1991

Synopsis

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

From Library Journal:

Reading a diary is a potentially dreary experience. It can be self-referring, repetitive, and mundane. But this colorful and informative example by the great Russian composer (1891-1953) is an exception, its author being blessed with a considerable literary gift. A secret document that surfaced in 1989, it covers a concert tour of the Soviet Union which Prokofiev undertook several years before his repatriation in 1934. Mixed in with discussions about daily events are assessments about Soviet music and critical observations about the fledgling Communist state, although the latter are carefully and obliquely expressed. Other writings in the volume include five short stories (some incomplete) and an autobiography. The stories are written with keen psychological insight and reveal a lively and occasionally surreal imagination. The autobiography, first published in 1956 and "extensively revised" here, complements the much longer Prokofiev by Prokofiev ( LJ 4/15/79), which dealt with his early life to 1909.
-Daniel Fermon, Museum of Modern Art Lib., New York
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0571161588
• ISBN 13: 9780571161584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 315