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White Swan Black Swan Stories Ballantine Reader s Circle
by [Sharp, Adrienne]
$18.41
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"Adrienne Sharp writes with breathtaking perception about the needs and desires of the body, its resilience and its vulnerabilities. Art, passion, history intersect with burning immediacy in this beautifully crafted book."
-CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI
Author of The Mistress of Spices
The world's most famous choreographer becomes infatuated with a talented young dancer who proves both siren and muse . . . A rising star plunges into an affair with a principal but finds that the ecstasy on the stage cannot be matched in the bedroom . . . A dying legend reflects on the fading beauty of a life in motion, lost to everything but memory. In this beguiling collection, Adrienne Sharp captures the essence and passion of ballet and its fleeting world and translates them into unforgettable stories. White Swan, Black Swan heralds the arrival of a unerringly graceful new voice in American fiction.
-CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI
Author of The Mistress of Spices
The world's most famous choreographer becomes infatuated with a talented young dancer who proves both siren and muse . . . A rising star plunges into an affair with a principal but finds that the ecstasy on the stage cannot be matched in the bedroom . . . A dying legend reflects on the fading beauty of a life in motion, lost to everything but memory. In this beguiling collection, Adrienne Sharp captures the essence and passion of ballet and its fleeting world and translates them into unforgettable stories. White Swan, Black Swan heralds the arrival of a unerringly graceful new voice in American fiction.
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- Random House Publishing G Brand
- Nov 26, 2002 Pub Date:
- 9780345438683 ISBN-13:
- 034543868X ISBN-10:
- 258.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.25 in * 0.59 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
- 0 lb Weight:
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