Rudolf Nureyev
The Life
$39.99
- Paperback
848 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2019
Summary
The incredible story of the 20th century’s superstar ballet dancer, soon to be a major film by Ralph Fiennes
Born on a train in Stalin’s Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet’s first pop icon. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement - both on and off stage.
Nureyev’s achievements and conquests became legendary- he rose out of Tatar peasant poverty to become the Kirov’s thrilling maverick star; slept with his beloved mentor’s wife; defected to the West in 1961…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241986905 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241986907 |
| Author: | Julie Kavanagh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 848 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 576g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 41mm |
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Critics Review
Magnificent, compulsively readable
Magnificent, compulsively readable * Guardian *
A gripping account of an extraordinary life * Daily Telegraph *
Magnificent, a triumph. Captures every facet of this extraordinary man * Mail on Sunday *
Undoubtedly the definitive biography. Rudolf Nureyev, superstar, emerges in all his terribly flawed glory * Sunday Telegraph *
The definitive study of a man who, in his combination of aesthetic grace and psychological grime, can truly be called a sacred monster * Observer *
Julie Kavanagh writes with flair and abundance * The Sunday Times *
About The Author
Julie Kavanagh
Julie Kavanagh trained as a dancer at the Royal Ballet School, and is the author of Secret Muses- The Life of Frederick Ashton. She has worked as ballet critic of The Spectator; Arts Editor of Harpers & Queen; and London Editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. She is married to the ex-Royal Ballet dancer, now dance film maker, Ross MacGibbon, and has two sons.
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