Sarah Churchwell has selected 11 forgotten stories from throughout Fitzgerald's career that refract, in different ways, his most familiar motifs: the changing meanings of America in the first decades of the 20th century, and the desire to reconcile rich and poor through a romantic search for glamour, hope and wonder.
Sarah Churchwell has selected 11 forgotten stories from throughout Fitzgerald's career that refract, in different ways, his most familiar motifs: the ...
`Ferociously smart ... A rare combination of guilty pleasure and intellectual insight' VOGUE `Perceptive ... Refreshing ... Tears away layers of false readings and conspiracy theories' NEW YORK TIMES Intricately researched ... Churchwell's Marilyn is a complex, well-rounded creature in the best sense - the human sense' OBSERVER There are many Marilyns: sex goddess and solitary figure, crafty manipulator and dumb blonde, liberated woman and innocent child. In incisive and passionate prose, Sarah Churchwell looks at how the stories we tell have trivialised a woman we supposedly...
`Ferociously smart ... A rare combination of guilty pleasure and intellectual insight' VOGUE `Perceptive ... Refreshing ... Tears away layers of fa...
What does America stand for in the twenty-first century? Behold, America confronts this urgent question by looking at the story behind two of the most contentious phrases in the American political playbook: the 'American dream' and 'America first'
What does America stand for in the twenty-first century? Behold, America confronts this urgent question by looking at the story behind two of the most...