Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters - Hardcover

Stanley Buchthal; Bernard Comment

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9781443402682: Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1443402680 ISBN 13: 9781443402682
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

Marilyn Monroe’s image is so universal that we can’t help but believe that 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 the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her.

But what of the other Marilyn? Beyond the headlines -- and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation -- was a woman far more curious, searching and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Even as Hollywood studios tried to mold and suppress her, Marilyn never lost her insight, her passion, and her humour. To confront the mounting difficulties of her life, she wrote.

Now, for the first time, we can meet this private Marilyn and get to know 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. These bits of text—jotted in notebooks, typed on paper or written on hotel letterhead -- 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 playful, funny and impossibly charming. The easy grace and deceptive lightness that made her performances so memorable emerge on the page, as does the simmering tragedy that made her last appearances so heartbreaking.

Fragments is an event -- an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest stars of the twentieth century and which, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe’s humanity.

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About the Author

Marilyn Monroe was the defining actress of her age. Acclaimed for her performances in Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch and many other films, Monroe also studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. She died in 1962.

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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1443402680
ISBN 13 
9781443402682
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256
Rating
  • 4.21 out of 5 stars
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