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A review by sarahrigg
Jurnal necenzurat by Vaslav Nijinsky
3.0
This is the first unexpurgated version of the diary in English - his wife heavily edited and rearranged the original printing of the diary, taking out anything that would make Vaslav or her look bad.
The best part of this book is the introduction, which gives a brief bio and puts the diary in context. The actual diary is a bit of a slog as Nijinsky was descending into mental illness as he wrote it, and while there are realistic passages of narration, a lot of it devolves into word salad.
Unless you're really, really interested in Nijinsky or memoirs by people struggling with mental illness (that was my main motive in reading this), read the Wikipedia article about Nijinsky and skip this book.
The best part of this book is the introduction, which gives a brief bio and puts the diary in context. The actual diary is a bit of a slog as Nijinsky was descending into mental illness as he wrote it, and while there are realistic passages of narration, a lot of it devolves into word salad.
Unless you're really, really interested in Nijinsky or memoirs by people struggling with mental illness (that was my main motive in reading this), read the Wikipedia article about Nijinsky and skip this book.