A review by mescalero_at_bat
Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich by Solomon Volkov

5.0

I've read this one a few times. Astonishing chronicle of the life of a great artist during the Soviet-era. I know the book has been called into question in recent years (did Shostakovich really write it, or did Solomon Volkov make a lot of it up?) - regardless, the stories are shocking (and many of them ARE documented, so...).