Edie - Couverture souple

Stein, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802134106 ISBN 13 : 9780802134103

Editeur : Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994

Synopsis

Edie: American Girl When Edie was first published a decade ago, it quickly became an international bestseller. In the sixties Edie Sedgwick exploded into the public eye like a comet--aristocratic, glamorous, and Andy Warhol's superstar. Then at 28 her light fizzled and died from a drug overdose. Alternately thrilling, tragic and horrifying, this book shatters many myths about the American sixties. Photographs. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Edie Sedgwick was the spirit of the Sixties, and these pages capture her power to dazzle us. I have read no social history to compare with it. While it is not a novel (although it reads like one) I still will say: This is the book of the Sixties that we have been waiting for" (Norman Mailer)

"An exceptionally seductive biography... You can't put it down... It has novelistic excitement" (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

"Extraordinary... a fascinating narrative that is both meticulously reported and expertly orchestrated" (The New York Times)

"Jean Stein and George Plimpton have made such a good job of it that the effect is of a novel illuminating a wide spectrum of Americana" (George Melly New Society)

"Through a kaleidoscope of seemingly fragmented voices, patterns form, giving brilliant definition to the very American tragedy of Edie Sedgwick, a woman...not likely to be forgotten after this haunting portrait" (Publishers Weekly)

"Edie Sedgwick was the spirit of the Sixties, and these pages capture her power to dazzle us. I have read no social history to compare with it. While it is not a novel (although it reads like one) I still will say: This is the book of the Sixties that we have been waiting for"

"An exceptionally seductive biography... You can't put it down... It has novelistic excitement"

"Extraordinary... a fascinating narrative that is both meticulously reported and expertly orchestrated"

"Jean Stein and George Plimpton have made such a good job of it that the effect is of a novel illuminating a wide spectrum of Americana"

"Through a kaleidoscope of seemingly fragmented voices, patterns form, giving brilliant definition to the very American tragedy of Edie Sedgwick, a woman...not likely to be forgotten after this haunting portrait"

Présentation de l'éditeur

Born into a wealthy New England family, Edie Sedgwick became, in the 1960s, both an emblem of, and a memorial to, the doomed world spawned by Andy Warhol. Edie was outrageous, vulnerable and strikingly beautiful. Her childhood was dominated by a brutal but glamouros father. Fleeing to New York, she became an instant celebrity, kown to everyone in the literary, artistic and fashionable worlds of the day. She was Warhol's twin soul, his creature, the superstar of his films and, finally, the victim of a life which he created for her.

Edie is an American fable on an epic scale - the story of a short, crowded and vivid life which is also the story of the decade.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0802134106
• ISBN 13: 9780802134103
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 564