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The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Joan Acocella Play Audiobook Sample

The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky Audiobook (Unabridged)

By: Joan Acocella
The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Joan Acocella Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: John Rubinstein Publisher: Phoenix Books Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: May 2009 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
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In December 1917, Vaslav Nijinsky, the most famous male dancer in the Western world, moved into a Swiss villa with his wife and three-year-old daughter and began to go mad. A prodigy from his youth in Russia, Nijinsky came to international fame as a principal dancer in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. When psychosis struck, he began to imagine himself as married to God. Although he lived another 30 years, he never regained his sanity.

This diary, which he kept in four notebooks over six weeks, is Nijinsky's confession and his prophecy, the only sustained, on-the-spot account we have by a major artist of the experience of entering psychosis.

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"total freak. you get the feeling the term "free spirit" was coined specifically for him. i had no idea, what a creative force he was. he was a dancer in a truly golden age, when dancers were famous, and real artists. amazing life story. "

— Misty (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " He thinks he is god and than thinks he is not god; and that 180 pages long. Madness never was so boring. "

    — CHR., 9/11/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " This book is fanasinating to read. It's right at that brink of being sane and insane. The delicate desires mixed with the ravings of a mad man. It was also interesting to see how he kept getting fixated on some words and themes. SO many I wants'. "

    — Kathy, 7/13/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " these diary entries really make one question the line between art and madness. both romantic and painful to read. "

    — Kristina, 9/4/2011
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " I always finish books, but can't make it through this one. Although it's interesting, after a while it feels a little sad and voyeuristic. Nijinsky repeats and contradicts himself constantly, there's no real constant train of thought. "

    — flo, 8/7/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " total freak. you get the feeling the term "free spirit" was coined specifically for him. i had no idea, what a creative force he was. he was a dancer in a truly golden age, when dancers were famous, and real artists. amazing life story. "

    — Misty, 8/6/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Few books are more heartbreaking. "

    — Mark, 5/29/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Lyrically beautiful. Account of yet another persecuted artist experiencing the emotional extremes we call "mental illness" b/c of the pressures of being exploited by his manager Dhiagelev. Read it too long ago, wanna read it again. "

    — Caty, 5/23/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " The mind of a genius in the midst of a storm of madness. Insane, beautiful, illuminated. "

    — aya, 1/19/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " The mind of a genius in the midst of a storm of madness. Insane, beautiful, illuminated. "

    — aya, 12/19/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Lyrically beautiful. Account of yet another persecuted artist experiencing the emotional extremes we call "mental illness" b/c of the pressures of being exploited by his manager Dhiagelev. Read it too long ago, wanna read it again. "

    — Caty, 6/12/2009
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " This book is fanasinating to read. It's right at that brink of being sane and insane. The delicate desires mixed with the ravings of a mad man. It was also interesting to see how he kept getting fixated on some words and themes. SO many I wants'. "

    — Kathy, 2/24/2009
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " This is a diary of an extraordinary danser. The usage of this "I" is especially interesting. I wonder whether he understood what he was writing in his diary... "

    — Yukie, 12/29/2008
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " I always finish books, but can't make it through this one. Although it's interesting, after a while it feels a little sad and voyeuristic. Nijinsky repeats and contradicts himself constantly, there's no real constant train of thought. "

    — flo, 10/22/2007
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " these diary entries really make one question the line between art and madness. both romantic and painful to read. "

    — Kristina, 4/18/2007