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A uniquely personal record of a great artist's descent into madness

About the Author

Joan Acocella is the dance critic for The New Yorker. She is the author of Mark Morris and Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder.

Reviews

"A richly literate and annotated translation . . . Acocella is a masterful midwife to this extraordinary tale."--Janice Ross, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"This moving document . . . begs fresh interpretations of [Nijinsky's] life, artistry, ideas and psychological history."--Daniel Gesmer, The New York Times