Galina; A Russian Story
by Vishnevskaya, Galina (Biography of Galina Vishnevskaya.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0151342504
- ISBN 13
- 9780151342501
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About This Item
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [0-15-134250-4] 1984. (Hardcover) 519pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Illustrations, photographs, appendix, repertory. The spine is faded at the edges and lightly soiled along the front joint and the dust jacket is lightly edgeworn and chipped around the spine edges. "Seldom does an autobiography appear that not only brings alive the events of a remarkable life but also captures the spirit of a time and a place. A born storyteller, Galine Vishnevskaya describes her rise from a childhood of bitter poverty to stardom as the Soviet Union's most celebrated diva". Biography of Galina Vishnevskaya. Translated by Guy Daniels. Locale: Soviet Union. (Music, Autobiography, Biography, Childhood, Music, Opera Singers, Poverty).
Synopsis
This autobiography is a luminous portrait of a Soviet artist, richly woven against the backdrop of Soviet History. Translated by Guy Daniels.
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155064
- Title
- Galina; A Russian Story
- Author
- Vishnevskaya, Galina (Biography of Galina Vishnevskaya.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0151342504
- ISBN 13
- 9780151342501
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- This edition first published
- August 1984
- Keywords
- Music, Autobiography, Biography, Childhood, Music, Opera Singers, Poverty
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entertainment;
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- Soiled
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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