The Conductor by Sarah Quigley

The Conductor by Sarah Quigley

The crackle of a tannoy breaks a pregnant silence... ...and for one moment, as the barrage of shell and artillery pauses, music washes over the city of Leningrad. The defiant symphony of Leningrad's famous son, the composer Shostakovich, infiltrates ruined homes and businesses, echoing in the empty streets, and, perhaps, even beyond the besieged walls to the very heart of the German forces. But this is not the story of Shostakovich. This is the story of a man caught in the white heat of obsession. A man who inspired an entire city, much less a ragged orchestra of half-starved musicians, to an act of resistance and hope in a time of war. Karl Eliasberg. The Conductor.

[An] up-all-night page-turner.. conveying the extraordinary life-saving properties of music, and hope * Observer *
An extraordinary period of history brought into proximity by a daring novelist... Superbly imagined and brilliantly realised -- Lloyd Jones
Deserves to be mentioned alongside Jane Smiley, Andrea Levy and Rose Tremai * Sunday Herald *
Extraordinary... a symphony on the power of love – the love of music, home, family, city... A triumph on every level' * New Zealand Herald *

Sarah Quigley is a New Zealand-born novelist, poet and critic. She has a D.Phil. in Literature from the University of Oxford, and has won several awards for her writing. Since winning the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers Residency in 2000, Quigley has been based in Berlin.

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ISBN 13	9781908800428
ISBN 10	1908800429
Title	The Conductor
Author	Sarah Quigley
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2013-01-01
Number of pages	304
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