Comment: Review of 'The People's Artist - Prokofiev's Soviet Years'

I posted a review of Simon Morrison's 'The People's Artist - Prokofiev's Soviet Years'  here. It's a welcome addition to the library but not the final word on this (altogether tragic) episode in his life. Morrison is very much focused on Prokofiev's dramatic output. The instrumental and symphonic work gets a perfunctory treatment. And the foundational mystery - namely how Prokofiev was able to find artistic nourishment in this brutally inhuman society - remains a riddle.