Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle - Couverture souple

Adams, Jad

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845116844 ISBN 13 : 9781845116842

Editeur : Barbara Ward & Associates, 2008

Synopsis

Mysteriously sophisticated, darkly alluring, almost Satanic: absinthe was the drink of choice for Baudelaire, Verlaine and Wilde. It inspired paintings by Degas and Manet, van Gogh and Picasso. It was blamed for conditions ranging from sterility to madness, to French defeats in World War I. The campaign against 'the devil in a bottle' resulted in its ban throughout most of Europe. "Hideous Absinthe" is a biography of the 'green fairy' that questions the basis of anti-absinthe hysteria and describes how absinthe came to symbolise the high points of art and the depths of degeneration. It comes up-to-date via the thrill-seeking American absinthe drinkers in the twentieth century, from Hemingway to the backpackers of Prague; and covers the rediscovery of absinthe in England's club culture of the twenty-first century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jad Adams is a writer and television producer whose last book Madder Music, Stronger Wine: The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent (I.B.Tauris), received resounding critical praise in Britain and the US. He has also written biographies of Tony Benn and of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. He lives in London and on the Greek island of Leros.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Barbara Ward & Associates
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845116844
• ISBN 13: 9781845116842
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible