The Lost Pianos of Siberia

Resumen del libro

Siberia's expansive history is traditionally one of exiles, bitter cold and suffering. Yet there is another tale to tell.

Dotted throughout this remote and beautiful landscape are pianos created during the boom years of the nineteenth century. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos made the journey into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is remarkable.

That they might be capable of making music in such a hostile landscape feels like a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is an absorbing story about a piano hunt - a quixotic quest through two centuries of Russian history and eight time zones stretching across an eleventh of the world's land surface. It reveals not only an unexpected musical legacy, but profound and brave humanity in the last place on earth you might expect to find it.

Biografía del autor

Sophy Roberts es una escritora británica. Ha trabajado como editora y corresponsal en Condé Nast Traveler y The Economist 1843 y como columnista de la revista de fin de semana del Financial Times. Escribe sobre viajes, literatura y medioambiente en FT Weekend, The Wall Street Journal y The Guardian y colabora en programas de radio de la BBC, The Economist, Times Radio y The Royal Geographical Society.