The Chosen Maiden

Interminable is the one adjective that best describes this well-written and interesting fictionalized autobiography. Told in first person, the life of famous ballet dancer Nijinsky's younger sister is chronicled from Russian childhood under Tsar Nicholas through the Second World War, when she is working in France and England. There is clearly a wealth of information chronicling the life of Bronia Nijinska because this novel just goes on and on and on. And she's not even dead at the end of it! Its very good but could easily have been a third shorter without sacrificing any of the plot.

I recieved a free copy of this book from the publisher.