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 76%
sad 69%
emotional 67%
reflective 41%
tense 41%
challenging 32%
inspiring 27%
hopeful 20%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 2%

Pace

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slow 17%
fast 14%

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