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In1936,Shostakovitch,justthirty,fearsforhislivelihoodandhislife.Stalin,hithertoadistantfigure,hastakenasuddeninterestinhisworkanddenouncedhislatestopera.Now,certainhewillbeexiledtoSiberia(or,morelikely,executedon
作者简介
JulianPatrickBarnesisacontemporaryEnglishwriterofpostmodernisminliterature.HehasbeenshortlistedthreetimesfortheManBookerPrize---Flaubert'sParrot(1984),England,England(1998),andArthur&George(2005),andwontheprizeforTheSenseofanEnding(2011).HehaswrittencrimefictionunderthepseudonymDanKavanagh.FollowinganeducationattheCityofLondonSchoolandMertonCollege,Oxford,heworkedasalexicographerfortheOxfordEnglishDictionary.Subsequently,heworkedasaliteraryeditorandfilmcritic.Henowwritesfull-time.Hisbrother,JonathanBarnes,isaphilosopherspecializedinAncientPhilosophy.HelivedinLondonwithhiswife,theliteraryagentPatKavanagh,untilherdeathon20October2008.
