Dancer - Couverture souple

McCann, Colum

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0297829440 ISBN 13 : 9780297829447

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003

Synopsis

This novel opens with a scene of war which is destined to become a classic: trudging back from the front through a ravaged and icy wasteland, their horses dying around them, their own hunger rendering them almost savage, the Russian soldiers are exhausted as they reach the city of Ufa, desperate for food and shelter. They find both, and then music and dance. And there, spinning unafraid among them, dancing for the soldiers and anyone else who'll watch him, is one small pale boy, Rudolf. This is Colum McCann's dancer. Rudolf, a prodigy at six years old, who became the greatest dancer of the century, who redefined dance, rewrote his own life, and died of AIDS before anyone knew he had it. This is an extraordinary life transformed into extraordinary fiction by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. One kind of masculine grace is perfectly matched to another in Colum McCann's beautiful and daring new novel.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Colum McCann was born in 1965. He has won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and been nominated for both the IRISH TIMES Fiction Prize and the Impac Prize. He has travelled widely and is currently based in New York with his wife and two young children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0297829440
• ISBN 13: 9780297829447
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible