Rudolf Nureyev: The Life - Couverture souple

Kavanagh, Julie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141029692 ISBN 13 : 9780141029696

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Born on a train in Stalin's Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet's pop icon. 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 l961; and, sparked Rudimania across the globe.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 l961; sparked Rudimania across the globe; gave his rabid sexuality full reign; established the most rhapsodic partnership in dance history with the middle-aged Margot Fonteyn; reinvented male technique; gatecrashed modern dance; moulded new stars; and staged Russia’s unknown ballet masterpieces in the West. Julie Kavanagh’s uncompromising and magnificent biography, ten years in the making, is a brilliant tribute to a superstar the world can never forget.

Revue de presse :

Magnificent...comprehensive and compulsively readable (Simon Callow The Guardian)

The definitive biography, a gripping account of an extraordinary life (Lynn Barber Telegraph)

She writes with flair and abundance (The Sunday Times)

Undoubtedly the definitive biography. Rudolf Nureyev, superstar, emerges in all his terribly flawed glory (Sunday Telegraph)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0141029692
• ISBN 13: 9780141029696
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 848