A review by saramarie08
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson

5.0

It took me a bit to get into this book, but that was only my personal reservations for reading nonfiction. After I got over my hang ups, this book was fascinating and wonderfully written. I love Shostakovich’s music, which is what originally drew me to this book, but I also loved reading about a slice of history I don’t know much about: Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi campaign in Russia. There are also some wonderful photos to go along with the text, which really helps me when reading nonfiction. Sometimes, you forget this really happened, so seeing historic photos really helps cement it.