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Book Introduction:
    Makine explores the Soviet soul through the story of one man in
    this astonishing work of French/Russian fiction.  

    A Life's Music received tremendous critical praise on its release in
    2001, and has proved a hit with readers around the world. It
    explores the role of creativity and self-expression in maintaining
    human freedom.  The term ‘Homo Sovieticus’ was first defined by
    the philosopher Alexander Zinoviev to illustrate how the communist
    system created a new species.  Makine explores it in great depth
    throughout this novella.

Author Biography:
    Andreï Makine was born and raised in Siberia, but has lived in
    France since seeking asylum there in 1987 aged thirty.  That year
    he spent a summer sleeping and writing amongst the tombs in the
    Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.  He now lives simply in a former
    lunatic asylum in Montmartre and a small farmhouse in the
    Vendée.  Makine writes about his mother country in French and
    has not returned to Russia.  Makine is widely respected around the
    world, and he has won two of France’s most prestigious awards:
    the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis, both for Le Testament
    Français, his fourth book and first major success.  A Life’s Music
    won the Grand Prix RTL-Lire prize. His work is beautifully
    translated into English by Geoffrey Strachan.
Title Suggested by Book Lover Irene Siu:
    'A Life's Music' by Andreï Makine
    Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
    ISBN: 9780340820094
    Fiction: Literary
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