Farrar Straus Giroux | ISBN:0374533784 | File Type: PDF, 256 pages | File size: 55.Mb | Oct. 16th, 2012
Literary Collections Letters: Poems Intimate Notes Letters Fragments is an event an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that nearly fifty years after her death will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe s humanity Marilyn s image is so universal that we can t help but believe we know all there is to know of her Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety and by the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her Beyond the headlines and the too familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation was a woman far more curious searching witty and hopef than the one the world got to know Now for the first time readers can meet the private Marilyn and understand her in a way we never have before Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifacts notes to herself letters even poems in Marilyn s own handwriting never before published along with rarely seen intimate photos Jotted in notebooks typed on paper or written on hotel letterhead these texts reveal a woman who loved deeply and strove to perfect her craft They show a Marilyn Monroe unsparing in her analysis of her own life but also playf funny and impossibly charming The easy grace and deceptive lightness that made her performances indelible emerge on the page as does the simmering tragedy that made her last appearances so affecting
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