: At its heart, the novel is a tribute to Lina's endurance and her unwavering dignity in the face of betrayal and political persecution.
(A Russian Passion) is a sweeping historical novel by Reyes Monforte that tells the dramatic, true-life story of Lina Codina , the Madrid-born singer who became the wife and muse of the legendary Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev . Una_pasion_rusa_Reyes_Monforte.epub
However, the tone shifts dramatically when the family returns to the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Caught in the machinery of , Lina is eventually abandoned by Prokofiev for a younger woman and later arrested on false charges of espionage, leading to years of survival in a Siberian labor camp. Key Themes & Features : At its heart, the novel is a