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George Sanders, Zsa Zsa, and Me
David Slavitt
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Paperback. Looks back to the author's career as a film critic in the glamorous - at least superficially - world of 1950s Hollywood, when he traveled in circles that included the talented British actor George Sanders (1906-1972) and his then-wife, Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was talented at, well, being famous. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
Taking its inspiration from Sanders' own autobiography ""Memoirs of a Professional Cad"" (1960), this book is part witty, bawdy, and irreverent memoir, part moving meditation on the price of fame; like most of David Slavitt's work, it defies easy categorization. In George Sanders, ""Zsa Zsa, and Me"", Slavitt looks back to his career as a film critic in the glamorous - at least superficially - world of 1950s Hollywood, when he traveled in circles that included the talented British actor George Sanders (1906-1972) and his then-wife, Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was talented at, well, being famous. Sanders, who seemed to ... Read more
Taking its inspiration from Sanders' own autobiography ""Memoirs of a Professional Cad"" (1960), this book is part witty, bawdy, and irreverent memoir, part moving meditation on the price of fame; like most of David Slavitt's work, it defies easy categorization. In George Sanders, ""Zsa Zsa, and Me"", Slavitt looks back to his career as a film critic in the glamorous - at least superficially - world of 1950s Hollywood, when he traveled in circles that included the talented British actor George Sanders (1906-1972) and his then-wife, Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was talented at, well, being famous. Sanders, who seemed to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810126244
SKU
V9780810126244
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About David Slavitt
David R. Slavitt is a poet, translator, novelist, critic, and journalist. He is the author of over seventy works of fiction, poetry, and poetry and drama in translation. His latest books are a translation of Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy and a reprint of his critical collection, Re Verse (Northwestern, 2009). He lives in Boston.
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