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| Author | Simon Morrison |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | March 2013 |
Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev was a biography of Lina Prokofiev, wife of composer Sergei Prokofiev, written by Simon Morrison and first published in the US during March 2013. [1] The book was published in the UK the same month under the title The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev: the Story of Lina and Sergei Prokofiev. [2]
Stephen Walsh, writing in The Guardian , commented that "Morrison tells a good story, without excess or indulgence, and with touching empathy for his heroine." [2]
The book was featured as BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week during March 2013. [3]
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