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The Accompanist (Paperback)
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The Accompanist (Paperback)
Series: New Directions Classic, 0
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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.
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