Overview
"[Onda's] narratives are elusive and bewildering, and half the fun of reading them is looping around, testing the walls, engaging and puzzling out their labyrinthine structures." —Steph Cha, The New York Times
Haru Yorozu, whose name means "ten thousand springs," is a brilliant choreographer coming of age in the hothouse world of European ballet. Able to evoke a flowering tree with a mere sweep of his arm, Haru's genius and passion for dance is all-consuming. This is the story of his childhood discovery in Japan, his years at ballet school in Germany, and his riseto international fame as he strives to understand his own life through dance.
Told from four perspectives—Haru's own as well as those of his closest family and colleagues—the story comes together like a puzzle to reveal a startlingly complex character. Author Riku Onda depicts the dance pieces Haru creates and the process of creating them in stunning detail, with the plot of each dance deftly moving the plot of the novel forward. Readers will be forgiven for searching Wikipedia for this famous choreographer who is, in fact, entirely fictional.
Haru Yorozu, whose name means "ten thousand springs," is a brilliant choreographer coming of age in the hothouse world of European ballet. Able to evoke a flowering tree with a mere sweep of his arm, Haru's genius and passion for dance is all-consuming. This is the story of his childhood discovery in Japan, his years at ballet school in Germany, and his riseto international fame as he strives to understand his own life through dance.
Told from four perspectives—Haru's own as well as those of his closest family and colleagues—the story comes together like a puzzle to reveal a startlingly complex character. Author Riku Onda depicts the dance pieces Haru creates and the process of creating them in stunning detail, with the plot of each dance deftly moving the plot of the novel forward. Readers will be forgiven for searching Wikipedia for this famous choreographer who is, in fact, entirely fictional.
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