When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn's Cold War Triumph, and Its Aftermath

By Stuart Isacoff

Book Overview

April 1958- The Soviets were leading the space race, the Iron Curtain was at its heaviest, and the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow seemed certain to crown a hometown champion.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385352182
• ISBN13: 9780385352185
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.4"