Palimpsest: A Memoir - Softcover

Vidal, Gore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140260897 ISBN 13: 9780140260892

Verlag: Penguin Books, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Vidal Gore

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Reseña del editor

The author of Myra Breckenridge reminisces about his life, from his school days at St. Albans and Exeter to his rise as a literary superstar, and the famous people he has known, including the Kennedys, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Reprint.

Biografía del autor

Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born Eugene Luther Vidal, later adopting the surname of his grandfather, Senator Thomas Gore, as his first name. Well known as a novelist, an essayist, a playwright, and a social and political commentator, he was the author of numerous novels—the first, Williwaw, written when he was twenty-one—as well as scripts for film, television and the stage, including the extremely successful The Best Man and Visit to a Small Planet. His other novels include Myra Breckenridge (1968), as well as thehistorical novels in the series Narratives of Empire, which includes Burr (1973), 1876 (1976), Lincoln (1984), Empire (1987), Hollywood (1990), and The Golden Age (2000). He won the National Book Award in 1993 for his book of essays, United States: Essays (1952–1992). 

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• Verlag: Penguin Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0140260897
• ISBN 13: 9780140260892
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 480