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Collo lungo, chignon e collant, Dara e Marie Durant sono ballerine da quando hanno memoria. Crescendo hanno studiato a casa, e sono state plasmate dalla loro affascinante madre, fondatrice della Scuola di Danza Durant. Dopo la morte dei genitori in un tragico incidente, le sorelle cominciano a gestire la scuola insieme a Charlie, marito di Dara e un tempo allievo prediletto della madre.
Marie, accogliente e tenera, insegna alle bambine più piccole; Dara, precisa ed esigente, allena gli allievi più grandi; e Charlie, impossibilitato a danzare per via di un grave infortunio, si occupa della gestione complessiva della scuola. I tre hanno perfezionato una danza metaforica, sei giorni la settimana, che fa prosperare lo studio. Ma quando un imprevisto accade proprio all’inizio delle prove per la rappresentazione annuale dello Schiaccianoci – un periodo di competizione, ansia ed euforia – l’arrivo di un intruso minaccia il delicato equilibrio famigliare.
Con intuizioni straordinarie e una scrittura ipnotica, Megan Abbott conduce un’analisi profonda dei legami familiari e della sessualità, della femminilità e del potere, in un racconto che è al tempo stesso perturbante e irresistibile.
- ISBN: 883394414X
- Casa Editrice: Bollati Boringhieri
- Pagine: 348
- Data di uscita: 20-08-2024
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Dara and Marie are running their mother's dance studio along with Charlie, Dara's husband and former dance student. The three of them grew up together and have an incredible bond. But then Derek arrives, a contractor, working on the ballet studio. Will he upset the delicate balance of this family? W Leggi tutto
Oh... my... good...ness.... what...the...heck... I...just...read! I like to start with my confessions: the book started a little slow for me and the quirkiness, weirdness, whothehellarethesepeopleness and whatswrongwiththemness levels of the book way too much high for me! But I have to admit: I was
Ballet was full of dark fairy tales The Turnout contains a lot of the things I've come to love about Abbott's books: dark gritty themes, beauty in the mundane, and the fine line between friendship and rivalry among women and girls. It's beautifully-written, making banalities seem dark and mysteri
NOW AVAILABLE!!! this is a story about a prestigious family-owned ballet school in the run-up to their big holiday season production of The Nutcracker ; the atmosphere crackling with the energy of anxious parents and tiny dancers; hope, excitement, and disappointment mingling in the air. but this is me Leggi tutto
Ok, Megan Abbott just ruined The Nutcracker Ballet for me. Furthermore, I’ll be gazing at ballet troupes in a whole different light. I jest…sort of. “The Turnout” is Abbott’s 10th novel. It involves a ballet school, 3 professional dancers, a decaying ballet studio, a dubious master carpenter, and a Leggi tutto
To the untrained eye watching a ballet dancer, turnout appears to be happening from the feet. In actuality it comes from small muscles located in the hip socket which rotate the entire leg outward. You must find, feel and engage those muscles in order for turnout to occur. To do that you must posses Leggi tutto
I received a free advance copy from NetGalley for review. The thing about Megan Abbott that continues to amaze me even after reading a bunch of her books is how she can get me interested in things I would have said wouldn’t hold my attention at all like cheerleading and gymnastics. Now she’s set a st Leggi tutto
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