A spellbinding short novel set in post-revolutionary Russia about a young girl's jealousy. 
The fifth book of Nina Berberova to be published by New Directions, The Accompanist, written in 1936, proved to be a literary phenomenon in Europe where it was first published. A spellbinding, short novel set in post-revolutionary RussiaThe Accompanist portrays with extraordinary sensitivity the entangled relationships of three intriguing characters. 
Sonechka is a talented but shy young pianist hired by a beautiful soprano (Maria Nikolaevna) and her devoted, bourgeois husband. Maria is everything Sonechka is not—glamorous and flamboyant. Her voice brings with it "something immortal and indisputable, something which gives reality to the human being's dream of having wings." Doomed to live in her mentor's shadow, the young girl secretly schemes to expose the singer's infidelities. But as she awaits her chance, the diva's husband takes matters into his own hands, bringing events to a surprising resolution. 
This intense and beautiful little novel was published in America almost fifty years after it was written; sadly out of print for a number of years, it is a wonderfully compelling and crucial addition to Nina Berberova's growing number of published fictional works.

Accompanist

Berberova, Nina

Harpercollins Publisher

The Revolt

Literature & Fiction

Schwartz, Marian

Contemporary

HarperCollins, Publishers

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.

The Accompanist

Flamingo

Tattered Cloak

Vintage

Records Nina Berberova's life in St Petersburg before and during the Russian Revolution, then her life in Paris, where she was central to the influential literary Russian emigre circle which included Akhmatova, Gorky, Nabokov, Pasternak and Svetaeva.

Italics are Mine

Biographies & Memoirs

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Italics Are Mine

Random House Value Publishing

The Russian author recounts the events of her life, discussing her father and grandfather, the Russian Revolution, emigre life in Paris, marriage, and more

The Italics Are Mine

KNOPF

The Tattered Cloak

The Russian author recounts the events of her life, discussing her father and grandfather, the Russian Revolution, emigre life in Paris, marriage, and more

Arts & Literature

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