After Silence - Jessica Gregson Book

  • Author: Jessica Gregson
  • Publisher: Deixis Press
  • Cover Type: Hardcover
  • Pages: 474 pages
  • Language: English
  • Genre: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
  • Genre Class: Fiction, Literature, Historical, Fiction, World, War, II
  • Leningrad, 1941. German forces surround the city at the start of the most harrowing winter in its history. The siege becomes a battle for survival. Bodies fill the streets, and the crushing horror of cold, starvation and bone-deep fear is relentless.Set against this background of tragedy and suffering, a remarkable group of musicians - soldiers and civilians, all of whom have been wasted by war and hunger - come together to perform Shostakovichs Seventh Symphony. They scarcely have the strength to carry their instruments, but their performance of this haunting and defiant new piece provides a rare light of hope in the darkness. Friendship, love and a vibrant passion for music combine in this ambitious, absorbing and richly sensuous masterpiece.

    P>About the Author: Jessica Gregson was born in London in 1978. She is a humanitarian education specialist and a writer, with occasional forays into other careers. She has lived and worked in a variety of places, including South Sudan, Myanmar and Azerbaijan, and currently divides her time between Glasgow and everywhere else.

    SKU BK-9781838498795
    Barcode # 9781838498795
    Brand Deixis Press
    Artist / Author Jessica Gregson
    Shipping Weight 0.7140kg
    Shipping Width 0.140m
    Shipping Height 0.030m
    Shipping Length 0.220m
    Type Hardcover

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