{"product_id":"rudolf-nureyev-julie-kavanagh-9780241986905","title":"Rudolf Nureyev","description":"NOW A MAJOR FILM BY RALPH FIENNES, THE WHITE CROW\n'A gripping account of an extraordinary life' Daily Telegraph\n 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.\nNureyev'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.\n'Magnificent, a triumph. Captures every facet of this extraordinary man' Mail on Sunday\n'The definitive study of a man who, in his combination of aesthetic grace and psychological grime, can truly be called a sacred monster' Observer\n'Undoubtedly the definitive biography' Sunday Telegraph","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50702825193760,"sku":"9780241986905","price":14.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780241986905.jpg?v=1780774615","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/rudolf-nureyev-julie-kavanagh-9780241986905","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}