The Noise of Time
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The Noise of Time is a novel by Julian Barnes that fictionalizes the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich under Stalinist oppression.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Julian Barnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| depicts |
Stalinist cultural policy
ⓘ
internal life of Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| focusesOn | relationship between artist and state ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical novel
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Soviet music
ⓘ
censorship ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| literaryAwardLonglisting | Man Booker Prize longlist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fictionalized biography ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Nina Varzar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet officials ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Julian Barnes bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Stalinist era ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three-part narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
art and power
ⓘ
compromise and integrity ⓘ fear under totalitarianism ⓘ political oppression ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | several decades of Shostakovich's life ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | the surrounding noise of political power ⓘ |
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