{"product_id":"the-lost-pianos-of-siberia-by-sophy-roberts","title":"The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* Shortlisted for the 2021 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year prize* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA critically-acclaimed Sunday Times, Spectator and Independent Book of 2020* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Richly absorbing... An impressive exploration of Siberia's terrifying past.' Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Evocative and wonderfully original.' Colin Thubron\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSiberia's expansive history is traditionally one of exiles, bitter cold and suffering. Yet there is another tale to tell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDotted throughout this remote and beautiful landscape are pianos created during the boom years of the nineteenth century. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos made the journey into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is remarkable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat they might be capable of making music in such a hostile landscape feels like a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is an absorbing story about a piano hunt - a quixotic quest through two centuries of Russian history and eight time zones stretching across an eleventh of the world's land surface. It reveals not only an unexpected musical legacy, but profound and brave humanity in the last place on earth you might expect to find it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winding Stair Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32412390391891,"sku":"","price":13.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/0691\/0035\/products\/pianos.jpg?v=1614019345","url":"https:\/\/winding-stair-bookshop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-pianos-of-siberia-by-sophy-roberts","provider":"Winding Stair Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}