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The Accompanist

by Nina Berberova · 1985

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Doomed to living in her mentor's shadow, Sonechka, a talented but mousy young pianist employed by a beautiful soprano and her devoted, bourgeois husband, secretly schemes to expose infidelities.

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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisRussiaRussiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 96 pages

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