Faraway Music

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Faraway Music is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, reflecting on her life, family, and defection from the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf memoir
about children of Joseph Stalin
emigration from the USSR
life under Soviet rule
author Svetlana Alliluyeva
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes Soviet political environment
Stalin family life
experience of political defection
personal reflections on Stalin
genre autobiography
political memoir
hasAuthorFather Joseph Stalin
hasNarrator Svetlana Alliluyeva
hasTheme family relationships
identity and exile
memory and trauma
political oppression
search for personal freedom
intendedAudience general readership interested in Soviet history
language English
literaryCategory non-fiction
literaryForm prose
mainSubject Joseph Stalin
defection of Svetlana Alliluyeva from the Soviet Union
family of Svetlana Alliluyeva
life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
narrativeLocation Soviet Union
United States of America
surface form: United States
perspective first-person
portrays Joseph Stalin as a father
psychological impact of dictatorship on family
relatedTo Cold War era defections
Soviet dissident literature
timePeriodCovered 20th century
Stalin era
surface form: Stalin era in the Soviet Union
workOf Svetlana Alliluyeva
workSubject Joseph Stalin’s private life
Soviet elite circles

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this entity surface form: The Faraway Music
Svetlana Alliluyeva notableWork Faraway Music