{"product_id":"9780241986905","title":"Rudolf Nureyev : The Life","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Kavanagh, Julie \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFormer Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 March 2019 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 800 pages\u003cbr\u003e132 x 198 x 34 | 610g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNOW A MAJOR FILM BY RALPH FIENNES, THE WHITE CROW'A gripping account of an extraordinary life'  Daily Telegraph 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNureyev'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 1961; sparked Rudimania across the globe; 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. He and his life were simply astonishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Magnificent, a triumph. Captures every facet of this extraordinary man' Mail on Sunday'The definitive study of a man who, in his combination of aesthetic grace and psychological grime, can truly be called a sacred monster' Observer'Undoubtedly the definitive biography' Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55490642542978,"sku":"9780241986905","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780241986905.jpg?v=1753731513","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780241986905","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}