Nureyev, a life stretched to the extremes

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: December 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Toni Bentley The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
12-01-2007
Nureyev, a life stretched to the extremes
Byline: Toni Bentley The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FEATURES

Nureyev

The Life
By Julie Kavanagh

782 pages. $37.50, Pantheon Books; pound(s)25, Fig Tree.

By Toni Bentley

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The Nureyev family of the small industrial town of Ufa in the Soviet republic of Bashkiria was so poor that at the age of 5 little Rudik had no shoes. He was carried to school by his mother on her back. He was called a "beggar" by the other children. One day he fainted from ...

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