A Training School for Elephants
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Sophy Roberts ventures into the remote corners of Siberia and Central Asia, uncovering extraordinary stories of pianos in the most unlikely places. From instruments frozen in permafrost to concert halls in former gulags, she traces the cultural threads that connect music, memory, and survival across the vast Russian steppe.
This is a journey through both landscape and history, where each piano tells a tale of exile, endurance, and the transformative power of art. Roberts weaves together encounters with musicians, exiles, and eccentrics who have kept classical music alive in some of the world's harshest environments, revealing how beauty persists even in the most isolated reaches of our planet.
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