Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

M.T. Anderson

464 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history dark informative sad medium-paced
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In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history--almost three years of bombardment and starvation. Trapped between the Nazi invading force and...

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informative 88%
dark 80%
emotional 68%
sad 63%
reflective 40%
challenging 36%
tense 36%
inspiring 29%
hopeful 21%
adventurous 8%
funny 4%
mysterious 3%
lighthearted 1%

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slow 22%
fast 13%

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