{"product_id":"dancer-9781250051790","title":"Dancer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaking his inspiration from biographical facts, novelist Colum McCann tells the erotically charged story of the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev through the cast of those who knew him\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There is Anna Vasileva, Rudi's first ballet teacher, who rescues her prot g  from the stunted life of his provincial town; Yulia, whose sexual and artistic ambitions are thwarted by her Soviet-sanctioned marriage; and Victor, the Venezuelan street hustler, who reveals the lurid underside of the gay celebrity set. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Spanning four decades and many worlds, from the horrors of the Second World War to the wild abandon of New York in the eighties, \u003ci\u003eDancer \u003c\/i\u003eis peopled by a large cast of characters, obscure and famous: doormen and shoemakers, nurses and translators, Margot Fonteyn, Eric Bruhn and John Lennon. And at the heart of the spectacle stands the artist himself, willful, lustful, and driven by a never-to-be-met need for perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250051790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Colum McCann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648529756316,"sku":"9781250051790","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b09ee70c-47ba-4e78-ad3f-ca2c5d54d83c.jpg?v=1603870304","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dancer-9781250051790","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}