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White Swan, Black Swan : Stories by Adrienne Sharp (2001, Hardcover)

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This is a hardcover first edition copy of "White Swan, Black Swan: Stories" by Adrienne Sharp. This book is part of the Sharpe book series and features short stories in the fiction genre. The book is inscribed and signed by the author, making it a unique addition to any collection. The book measures 8.5 inches in length, 5.7 inches in width, and 0.8 inches in height, with 240 pages and a weight of 13.7 ounces. The book was published by Random House Publishing Group in 2001 and is in English language format. This book is perfect for anyone interested in short stories or general fiction and would make a great addition to any book lover's collection.

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The world's most famous choreographer becomes infatuated with a coltish young dancer who proves both siren and muse. A rising star plunges into an affair with a principal but finds that ecstasy on the stage can't be surpassed in the bed. A dying legend reflects on the evanescent beauty of a life of gesture, lost to everything but memory. Each bittersweet story plants the reader amid a cast of dancers and choreographers who struggle-valiantly, playfully, fiercely-to find in the rigorous discipline and animating beauty of ballet a counterbalance to the chaos of unscripted life. Many of the tales dare to imagine the inner lives of the century's titans-Balanchine, Fonteyn and Nureyev-which rival in emotional complexity and pathos the classic dramas they enacted onstage: La Bayadere, Don Quixote, Swan Lake. White Swan, Black Swan translates the pure and essential gestures of ballet into starkly elegant prose while showing the sweat and sex beneath the serene surface. Adrienne Sharp's debut is a bravura performance.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375504206
ISBN-13
9780375504204
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1869559

Product Key Features

Book Title
White Swan, Black Swan : Stories
Author
Adrienne Sharp
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), General
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Item Weight
13.7 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3569.H3432k56 2001
Reviews
"Reading Adrienne Sharp's stories is like watching a magnificent ballet and then getting to go backstage and sneak straight into the dressing rooms, invisible. This book is a full theatrical experience, complete with demigod dancers and life-threatening passion, alongside absolute and terrifying human frailty." -Aimee Bender, author ofAn Invisible Sign of My Own "A stunningly lovely book about dance and dancers and their hard-won moments of beauty, but also about life at large. I can't believe it's a debut work - - it is brilliantly clear, dramatically swift, and knowingly conceived." -John Casey, author ofSpartinaandThe Half-Life of Happiness "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 ofThe Mistress of Spices "These lovely stories about ballet are themselves balletic. Adrienne Sharp's choreography is first-rate." -John Barth, author ofThe Sot-Weed FactorandThe End of the Road "In elegant prose, Sharp explores the world of ballet and its fringes, unafraid to look boldly beyond its beauty into darker aspects. This is a stellar debut." -John Rechy, author ofCity of Night?, "Reading Adrienne Sharp's stories is like watching a magnificent ballet and then getting to go backstage and sneak straight into the dressing rooms, invisible. This book is a full theatrical experience, complete with demigod dancers and life-threatening passion, alongside absolute and terrifying human frailty." -Aimee Bender, author of An Invisible Sign of My Own "A stunningly lovely book about dance and dancers and their hard-won moments of beauty, but also about life at large. I can't believe it's a debut work - - it is brilliantly clear, dramatically swift, and knowingly conceived." -John Casey, author of Spartina and The Half-Life of Happiness "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 "These lovely stories about ballet are themselves balletic. Adrienne Sharp's choreography is first-rate." -John Barth, author of The Sot-Weed Factor and The End of the Road "In elegant prose, Sharp explores the world of ballet and its fringes, unafraid to look boldly beyond its beauty into darker aspects. This is a stellar debut." -John Rechy, author of City of Night?
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
00-045977
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
21

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