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Coco and Igor

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347:. During the summer, Chanel discovered that the Stravinsky family was seeking a place to live. She invited them to "Bel Respiro" until they could find a more suitable residence (they arrived in the second week of September and stayed until May 1921). Chanel also guaranteed the 1920 Ballets Russes production of 40: 354:
The personal relationships depicted in the novel are largely fictionalised. Stravinsky was reputed to have been a philanderer who had several affairs, including one with Chanel. Whereas Stravinsky never publicly referred to this alleged affair, Chanel spoke about it at length to her biographer
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has its Paris premiere on 29 May 1913. Coco is mesmerised by the power of Igor's composition, but the audience is scandalised by its discordant, rhythmic music and
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operates as a framework for the novel. There are eighty-eight chapters, corresponding to the number of keys on a piano.
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In the spring of 1920, Chanel was introduced to Stravinsky by Sergei Diaghilev, impresario of the
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and composer soon begin an affair. Both experience a surge of creativity; while Coco creates
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avers there is no evidence that any affair between Chanel and Stravinsky ever occurred.
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against financial loss with an anonymous gift to Diaghilev, said to be 300,000 francs.
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Polish: 'Coco i Igor' – Wydawnictwo Amber, 2002, translated by Barbara Przbylowska (
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Greek: 'Coco and Igor' – Empeiria, November 2003, translated by Persa Koumoutsi (
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French: 'Coco et Igor' – Calmann-Levy, 8 April 2009, translated by Elsa Maggion (
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Chinese: 'Coco and Igor' – Sun Color Culture Publishing Co. Ltd, October 2009 (
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and an unbearable tension takes hold of 'Bel Respiro' and its occupants.
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Davis, Mary (December 2006). "Chanel, Stravinsky, and Musical Chic".
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Coco finally meets Igor seven years later, at a dinner hosted by
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in 1946 (the conversation was published thirty years later as
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Fact-or-fiction Chanel-Stravinsky affair curtains Cannes
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Russian: 'Villa Bel Respiro' – Symposium, 1 June 2009 (
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has been translated into several languages, including:
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Index

Coco & Igor

Chris Greenhalgh
Historical fiction
Headline Review
ISBN
0-7553-0086-6
OCLC
49394049
Chris Greenhalgh
Coco Chanel
Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Nijinsky's
Sergei Diaghilev
Ballets Russes
Russian Revolution
Garches
Couturière
Chanel No. 5
Ernest Beaux
consumption
piano keyboard
Coco and Igor
Vogue
"Eau de rancour"
Peter Conrad
The Observer
"Books: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky"
The Washington Post

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