Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 187 pages
- Published by: Green Integer
- Edition: 1st Edition April 15, 1999
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1892295067
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1892295064
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Book Dimensions:
6 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
- Weighs: 3.2 ounces
Product Description
Drama Writing. Illustrated by Eliane Bonabel. Translated from the French by Thomas and Carol Christensen. Celine's fascination with the ballet spans his literary career: three of the pieces in this volume were written around the same time that he published his great novel, VOYAGE AU BOUT DE LA NUIT, which he dedicated to the dancer Elisabeth Craig. At the time of his death, according to his wife -- also a dancer -- he was planning a book devoted to dance. In 1936 he visited Russia, where he tried, unsuccessfully, to have some of his ballets performed in Leningrad. In 1959 five of his ballets were collected by Editions Gallimard. The result is this edition, never before published in English.
Reader ReviewsCeline was a great artist, not just a writer . . . in these imaginary ballets, he goes on to describe wonderful scenes. It's his style all dancing upon the page.
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