Dancer

Dancer

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Synopsis

Daringly embellishing Nureyev's life, from his humble beginnings as a Russian peasant to his later years as a Cold War exile who earned the adoration of millions, McCann tells the fascinating story of ballet's greatest performer through a chorus of compelling voices. From the obscure to the famous, from the real to the imagined, shoemakers, nurses, translator, and hustlers take center-stage alongside Margot Fonteyn, Erik Bruhn, and Andy Warhol. At the heart of this lavish spectacle stands the artist himself, willful, lustful, ambitious, and driven by a tragically unfulfilled perfectionism. In vivid, electric prose Colum McCann evokes the humanity behind the mask offset by the glittering reflection of the myth. The result is a monumental twentieth-century story of love, art, fame, and exile.

Release date: June 25, 2013

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Print pages: 356

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