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The Noise of Time

By: Julian Barnes
Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
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In May 1937, a man in his early 30s waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now, and few who are taken to the Big House ever return.

©2016 Julian Barnes (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction
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Listened to it in one session. What a difficult political time this composer had to live throug. Enjoyed the narration, pitch perfect.

Rich and engrossing!

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A great read on the difference of how the east revered its artists. And how difficult it would have been to allow a creative spirit to exist and flourish in such an environment.

Very different from a world of Madonna and Elvis and frank Sinatra.

Very interesting

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