A Life's Music : 'Moving, haunting . . . a mini-masterpiece' - William Boyd, Guardian - Andrei Makine

A Life's Music : 'Moving, haunting . . . a mini-masterpiece' - William Boyd, Guardian - Andrei Makine

Andrei Makine

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Published 5 November 2026

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  • Pages · 128 pages, N/A
  • Publication Date · 05/11/2026
  • Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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A mini-masterpiece'William Boyd, Guardian'Remarkable'Daily Telegraph'Unforgettable'Mail on Sunday'Prodigious'Spectator'Perfect'Daily MailIn a snowbound railway station deep in the Soviet Union, a stranded passenger encounters an old man playing the piano in the dark, silent tears rolling down his cheeks. Once on the train to Moscow, the man begins to tell his story: a tale of loss, love and survival, and the profound depths of human resilience. . 'A very short novel that contains multitudes . . . profound, moving, haunting - full of resonances that are even more valid in today's fraught times'William Boyd, Guardian'A masterpiece, a novella to be read in a lunch hour and remembered for ever'Jilly Cooper, Sunday Telegraph

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