This is the powerful memoirs which an ailing Dmitri Shostakovich
dictated to a young Russian musicologist, Solomon Volkov. When it was
first published in 1979, it became an international bestseller. This
25th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy,
as well as black-and-white photos. "Testimony changed the perception of
Shostakovich's life and work dramatically, and influenced innumerable
performances of his music." - New Grove Dictionary