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What is Theme of Julian Barnes' novel The Noise of Time?

  • Music And Soviet Russia

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Music and Soviet Russia are two of the main themes in Julian Barnes' novel The Noise of Time. The novel follows the life of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who was forced to work under the Soviet regime. Barnes explores the ways in which Shostakovich's music was both shaped by and reflected the political and social realities of his time.
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