The Life
by Julie Kavanagh
Drawing on previously undisclosed letters, diaries, home-movie footage, interviews with Nureyevs inner circle, and her own dance background, Julie Kavanagh gives the most intimate, revealing, and dramatic picture we have ever had of this dazzling, complex figure.
"Starred Review. [A] definitive and moving portrait of one of the 20th century's most hypnotic, ruthless and hedonistic artists." - PW.
"Starred Review. A brilliant biography worthy of its mercurial subject." - Kirkus Reviews.
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