Us Conductors: A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book Us Conductors: A Novel by Sean Michaels, Tin House Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sean Michaels ISBN: 9781935639824
Publisher: Tin House Books Publication: June 10, 2014
Imprint: Tin House Books Language: English
Author: Sean Michaels
ISBN: 9781935639824
Publisher: Tin House Books
Publication: June 10, 2014
Imprint: Tin House Books
Language: English

Us Conductors is the story of the man who created the most magical musical instrument in the world, the theremin. It's a tale of electricity and espionage, jazz and kung-fu, Harlem and Siberia, and the way even doomed love can keep you alive.

Locked in a cabin aboard a ship bearing him back to Russia and away from the love of his life, Lev Sergeyvich Termen begins to type his story: a tale of electricity, romance and the invention of the world’s strangest instrument, the theremin. He recollects his early years as a scientist forging breakthroughs during the Bolshevik Revolution and his decade as a Manhattan celebrity and reluctant Soviet spy. Against the backdrop of Prohibition and the 1929 Crash, Termen spends his days in his workshop, devising inventions, and his nights in Harlem clubs, jostling with famous bandleaders and falling in love with the young violinist Clara Reisenberg. When the boat reaches his homeland, Termen finds it is not the Russia he remembers. He is imprisoned in the Gulag system, sent first to a Siberian work camp and then to a secret laboratory. In the face of all this, his love for Clara remains constant, passing through the ether like the theremin’s song. Steeped in beauty, wonder, and looping heartbreak, Sean Michaels’s debut novel explores the lies we tell, the truths we imagine, and the lengths we go to survive.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Us Conductors is the story of the man who created the most magical musical instrument in the world, the theremin. It's a tale of electricity and espionage, jazz and kung-fu, Harlem and Siberia, and the way even doomed love can keep you alive.

Locked in a cabin aboard a ship bearing him back to Russia and away from the love of his life, Lev Sergeyvich Termen begins to type his story: a tale of electricity, romance and the invention of the world’s strangest instrument, the theremin. He recollects his early years as a scientist forging breakthroughs during the Bolshevik Revolution and his decade as a Manhattan celebrity and reluctant Soviet spy. Against the backdrop of Prohibition and the 1929 Crash, Termen spends his days in his workshop, devising inventions, and his nights in Harlem clubs, jostling with famous bandleaders and falling in love with the young violinist Clara Reisenberg. When the boat reaches his homeland, Termen finds it is not the Russia he remembers. He is imprisoned in the Gulag system, sent first to a Siberian work camp and then to a secret laboratory. In the face of all this, his love for Clara remains constant, passing through the ether like the theremin’s song. Steeped in beauty, wonder, and looping heartbreak, Sean Michaels’s debut novel explores the lies we tell, the truths we imagine, and the lengths we go to survive.

More books from Tin House Books

Cover of the book Wondering Who You Are: A Memoir by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book The Wilds by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book On Cussing: Bad Words and Creative Cursing by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book The Senator's Children by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book The Dismal Science: A Novel by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Tin House: Winter Reading (2015) (Tin House Magazine) by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Tin House: Portland/Brooklyn by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Heart of Darkness by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Agaat by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Pretend We Are Lovely: A Novel by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Welcome to Paradise by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Swimming Lessons by Sean Michaels
Cover of the book Trompe l'Oeil: A Novel by Sean Michaels
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy