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Us Conductors

by Sean Michaels

Scotiabank Giller Prize · 2014 · Winner
Tin House Booksliterary-fictionISBN 9781770894013

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Scotiabank Giller Prize2014Winner

About This Book

A fictionalized account of the life of Lev Theremin, inventor of the theremin, told as a love letter to the woman he left behind in America when he returned to Stalin's Soviet Union. Winner of the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

About the Author

Sean Michaels is a Canadian author and music critic, founder of the music blog Said the Gramophone. His debut novel Us Conductors, a fictionalized account of the inventor of the theremin, won the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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