Paul Newman (1925-2008)


Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man - A Memoir

Newman, Paul | EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN - A MEMOIR


BoklivArtikelnr: 9780593534502

En ärlig och insiktsfull memoar som utforskar en ikonisk skådespelares liv, barndom och relationer.

  • En gripande biografi om Paul Newmans liv.

  • Utforskar hans karriär och personliga utmaningar.

  • Utgiven som förlagsband, 2022.

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Bindning: Förlagsband

Bokförlag: Penguin Random House USA
ISBN: 9780593534502

Omfång: 320 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2022-10-18

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The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward, his innermost fears and passions and joys.

In 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project. Stuart was to compile an oral history, to have Newman's family and friends and those who worked closely with him, talk about the actor's life. And then Newman would work with Stewart and give his side of the story. The only stipulation was that anyone who spoke on the record had to be completely honest. That same stipulation applied to Newman himself. The project lasted five years.

The result is an extraordinary memoir, culled from thousands of pages of transcripts. The book is insightful, revealing, surprising. Newman's voice is powerful, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, always meeting that high standard of searing honesty. The additional voices-from childhood friends and Navy buddies, from family members and film and theater collaborators such as Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, Martin Ritt, and John Huston-that run throughout add richness and color and context to the story Newman is telling.

Newman's often traumatic childhood is brilliantly detailed. He talks about his teenage insecurities, his early failures with women, his rise to stardom, his early rivals (Marlon Brando and James Dean), his first marriage, his drinking, his philanthropy, the death of his son Scott, his strong desire for his daughters to know and understand the truth about their father. Perhaps the most moving material in the book centers around his relationship with Joanne Woodward-their love for each other, his dependence on her, the way she shaped him intellectually, emotionally and sexually.

 


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Boken är en självbiografi av Paul Newman som utforskar hans liv, karriär, traumatiska barndom, erfarenheter av alkoholmissbruk och relationer, särskilt med Joanne Woodward.

Boken riktar sig till läsare intresserade av biografier, filmhistoria och personliga berättelser om berömmelse och dess påverkan.

Boken är ett förlagsband, omfattar 320 sidor, publicerades av Penguin Random House USA den 18 oktober 2022, och är skriven på engelska med ISBN 9780593534502.

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