Tags
Alzheimer's, art treasures in war, Hermitage Museum, memory, Seige 1941-44, St. Petersburg (Russia), World War II
The author of this novel offers a poignant but marvelous glimpse into the life of Marina Buriakov, a former docent at the Hermitage Art Museum in Leningrad during World War II, whose mind is now slipping into the shadows of Alzheimer’s.
“Dean writes with passion and compelling drama about a grotesque chapter of World War II.” (People)
“Elegant and poetic, the rare kind of book that you want to keep but you have to share.” (Isabel Allende, New York Times bestselling author of Zorro)