THE COMPLETE BALLET

A dark-hued, hybrid novel by a writer who delivers our culture back to us, made entirely new (A. M. Homes)In The Complete Ballet, John Haskell choreographs an intricate and irresistible pas de deux in which fiction and criticism come together to create a new kin d of story. Fueled by the dramatic retelling of five romantic ballets, and interwoven with a contemporary story about a man whose da unting gambling debt pushes him to the edge of his own abyss, it is both a pulpy entertainment and a meditation on the physicality?a nd psycholo...[Llegir més]