Dancer (Paperback)

"Dancer" is the erotically charged story of the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev as told through the cast of those who knew him: there is Anna Vasileva, Rudi's first ballet teacher, who rescues her protege from the stunted life of his provincial town; Yulia, whose sexual and artistic ambitions are thwarted by her Soviet-sanctioned marriage; and Victor, the Venezuelan street hustler, who reveals the lurid underside of the gay celebrity set. Spanning four decades and many worlds, from the horrors of the Second World War to the wild abandon of New York in the eighties, "Dancer" is peopled by a large cast of characters, obscure and famous: doormen and shoemakers, nurses and translators, Margot Fonteyn, Eric Bruhn and John Lennon. And at the heart of the spectacle stands the artist himself, willful, lustful, and driven by a never-to-be-met need for perfection.

General

Imprint:	Picador USA
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Picador Modern Classics
Release date:	June 2015
First published:	June 2015
Authors:	Colum McCann
Dimensions:	206 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-1-250-05179-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-250-05179-7
Barcode:	9781250051790

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