The narrative follows Lina, nicknamed "Linette" or "Avecilla" (Little Bird) by Prokofiev, from their meeting in New York in 1918. As the couple moves through the high-society circles of Europe and America, they rub shoulders with icons like Coco Chanel, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo Picasso.
However, the tone shifts dramatically when the family returns to the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Caught in the machinery of , Lina is eventually abandoned by Prokofiev for a younger woman and later arrested on false charges of espionage, leading to years of survival in a Siberian labor camp. Key Themes & Features Una_pasion_rusa_Reyes_Monforte.epub
(A Russian Passion) is a sweeping historical novel by Reyes Monforte that tells the dramatic, true-life story of Lina Codina , the Madrid-born singer who became the wife and muse of the legendary Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev . Caught in the machinery of , Lina is