Edie: An American Biography - Couverture souple

Stein, Jean; Plimpton, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845950631 ISBN 13 : 9781845950637

Editeur : Pimlico, 2006

Synopsis

Unusual book

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)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jean Stein has worked as an editor for a number of magazines, including The Paris Review and Esquire. She is co-author, with George Plimpton, of American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy and in 1990 she became the editor of the literary journal Grand Street, until it ended in 2004. It was described by The New York Times as 'one of the most revered literary magazines of the postwar era'.

George Plimpton was an author, an actor and a literary patron. In 1953 he co-founded The Paris Review and his books, including Out of My League, Paper Lion, Mad Ducks and Bears, One More July, Shadow Box, The Man in the Flying Lawn Chair, Truman Capote and The Bogey Man. He died in September 2003.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pimlico
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1845950631
• ISBN 13: 9781845950637
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464