The Resource The madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean ; read by Liza Ross, (sound recording)
The madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean ; read by Liza Ross, (sound recording)
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The item The madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean ; read by Liza Ross, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- In the fall of 1941, the German army approached the outskirts of Leningrad, signaling the beginning of what would become a long and torturous siege. During the ensuing months, the city's inhabitants would brave starvation and the bitter cold, all while fending off the constant German onslaught. Marina, then a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum, along with other staff members, was instructed to take down the museum's priceless masterpieces for safekeeping, yet leave the frames hanging empty on the walls - a symbol of the artworks' eventual return. To hold on to sanity when the Luftwaffe's bombs began to fall, she burned to memory, brushstroke by brushstroke, these exquisite artworks: the nude figures of women, the angels, the serene Madonnas that had so shortly before gazed down upon her. She used them to furnish a "memory palace, " a personal Hermitage in her mind to which she retreated to escape terror, hunger, and encroaching death
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 6 sound discs (CD) (6 hrs., 58 min.)
- Note
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- Oakhill Publishing: OCD 073
- Complete & unabridged
- Title from cover
- Isbn
- 9781846481505
- Label
- The madonnas of Leningrad
- Title
- The madonnas of Leningrad
- Statement of responsibility
- Debra Dean ; read by Liza Ross
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the fall of 1941, the German army approached the outskirts of Leningrad, signaling the beginning of what would become a long and torturous siege. During the ensuing months, the city's inhabitants would brave starvation and the bitter cold, all while fending off the constant German onslaught. Marina, then a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum, along with other staff members, was instructed to take down the museum's priceless masterpieces for safekeeping, yet leave the frames hanging empty on the walls - a symbol of the artworks' eventual return. To hold on to sanity when the Luftwaffe's bombs began to fall, she burned to memory, brushstroke by brushstroke, these exquisite artworks: the nude figures of women, the angels, the serene Madonnas that had so shortly before gazed down upon her. She used them to furnish a "memory palace, " a personal Hermitage in her mind to which she retreated to escape terror, hunger, and encroaching death
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dean, Debra
- Form of composition
- other
- Format of music
- other
- PerformerNote
- Reader: Liza Ross
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Ross, Liza
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Psychological fiction
- Reminiscing in old age
- Older women
- Russian Americans
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- Label
- The madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean ; read by Liza Ross, (sound recording)
- Note
-
- Oakhill Publishing: OCD 073
- Complete & unabridged
- Title from cover
- Control code
- 000041587131
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Extent
- 6 sound discs (CD) (6 hrs., 58 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781846481505
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- OCD 073
- Label
- The madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean ; read by Liza Ross, (sound recording)
- Note
-
- Oakhill Publishing: OCD 073
- Complete & unabridged
- Title from cover
- Control code
- 000041587131
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Extent
- 6 sound discs (CD) (6 hrs., 58 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781846481505
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- OCD 073
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