The Accompanist (Paperback)

A spellbinding short novel set in post-revolutionary Russian about a young girl's jealousy. The fifth book of Nina Berberova to be published by New Directions, The Accompanist, written in 1936, proved to be a literary phenomenon in Europe where it was first published. A spellbinding, short novel set in post-revolutionary Russia, The Accompanist, portrays with extraordinary sensitivity the entangled relationships of three intriguing characters. Sonechka is a talented but shy young pianist hired by a beautiful soprano (Maria Nikolaevna) and her devoted, bourgeois husband. Maria is everything Sonechka is not - glamorous and flamboyant. Her voice brings with it "something immortal and indisputable, something which gives reality to the human being's dream of having wings." Doomed to live in her mentor's shadow, the young girl secretly schemes to expose the singer's infidelities. But as she awaits her chance, the diva's husband takes matters into his own hands, bringing events to a surprising resolution. This intense and beautiful little novel was published in America almost fifty years after it was written; sadly out of print for a number of years, it is a wonderfully compelling and crucial addition to Nina Berberova's growing number of published fictional works.

General

Imprint:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New Directions Classic, 0
Release date:	August 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Nina Berberova • Marian Schwartz
Translators:	Marian Schwartz
Dimensions:	203 x 132 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-0-8112-1534-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-8112-1534-2
Barcode:	9780811215343

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