The True Memoirs of Little K, Adrienne Sharp
The True Memoirs of Little K, Adrienne Sharp
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The True Memoirs of Little K
A Novel

Author: Adrienne Sharp

Narrator: Rachel Botchan

Unabridged: 15 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/07/2011


Synopsis

Adrienne Sharp studied ballet before turning to writing, and Booklist called White Swan, Black Swan, her acclaimed collection of short stories focusing on the world of dance, "breathtaking" in a starred review. In The True Memoirs of Little K, Sharp returns once again to the stage in a beautifully imagined tale of love. Now 99 years old, Mathilde Kschessinska sits down to write her memoirs, and ponders the life she lived as one of Russia's most talented dancers and the great love of Nikolai Romanov.

About Adrienne Sharp

Adrienne Sharp is the critically acclaimed author of the story collection White Swan, Black Swan, a Barnes and Noble Discover Book and a national bestseller; the novel The Sleeping Beauty, a Barnes and Noble Discover Alumni book and one of Booklist’s ten best first novels of 2005; and the novel The True Memoirs of Little K, a finalist for the California Book Award and translated into six languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca on February 17, 2011

A novel about Mathilde Kschessinskaya, the mistress of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia. While there are some good things in here, and plenty of description and emotional writing, this turned into a wallbanger very quickly. YMMV. For the complete review, please go here: [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Jaime on October 27, 2011

Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971) comes to life in Adrienne Sharp's The True Memoirs of Little K in the same way she lit up the stage as a ballet dancer. Kschessinska rose up in the ranks of the Russian Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg to become prima ballerina assoluta with a little help from her......more

Goodreads review by Helen on August 03, 2011

So, if I was writing this review when I was only half way through the book, it would have definitely gotten 5 stars from me. As things stand, I was going back and forth between 3 and 4 stars, and the reason I wanted to give it 4 was because of an excellent and elegant writing style and also an inter......more

Goodreads review by Clare on September 15, 2011

Reading The True Memoirs of Little K, which is essentially a bloated outline rather than an actual novel, can only lead the reader to one conclusion—Adrienne Sharp wanted to write a novel about Nicholas II. Why else would she only focus on the interesting prima ballerina assoluta Matilde Kschessinsk......more

Goodreads review by Howard on November 09, 2020

2 Stars for The True Memoirs of Little K by Adrienne Sharp read by Rachel Botchan. I found this book kind of disappointing. I thought it was going to be about Russian ballet. Instead it’s a history lesson on Russia. And from what I’ve read in other reviews some of the history is made up to make the......more