Harold Schonberg first heard Vladimir Horowitz play in the 1930s, and for the next half century he followed Horowitz's career with obsessive interest. This volume is filled with quotes from Horowitz himself, opening with the dramatic 1986 homecoming to the USSR after a 61-year absence, then flashes back to his childhood in Kiev, his trials as a Jewish student at the Moscow Conservatory and his flight to Berlin in the wake of revolution. The book follows his growth from gifted provincial to international colossus, a man envied by musicians everywhere but haunted by private demons.
- ISBN10 0671712233
- ISBN13 9780671712235
- Publish Date 1 November 1993 (first published 23 November 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 September 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 480
- Language English