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EDIE, AMERICAN GIRL, BY JEAN STEIN, EDIE SEDGWICK, 1994 ED., SOFTCOVER, GOOD!
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- California Prop 65 Warning
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Biography
- Era
- 1994
- Personalized
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Hong Kong
- Unit Quantity
- Single
- ISBN
- 9780802134103
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802134106
ISBN-13
9780802134103
eBay Product ID (ePID)
897381
Product Key Features
Book Title
Edie : American Girl
Number of Pages
564 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Topic
Women, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Acting & Auditioning
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
94-021736
Reviews
This is the book of the Sixties that we have been waiting for."—Norman Mailer Through a kaleidoscope of seemingly fragmented voices, patterns form, giving brilliant definition to the very American tragedy of Edie Sedgwick, a woman…not likely to be forgotten after this haunting portrait."— Publishers Weekly Extraordinary . . . a fascinating narrative that is both meticulously reported and expertly orchestrated."— The New York Times An exceptionally seductive biography. . . . You can't put it down. . . . It has novelistic excitement."— Los Angeles Times Book Review What makes this book so unusual, unique almost, is the picture it paints of the New York counterculture. No one has ever done it better."— The Atlanta Journal & Constitution There is no more classic summertime read." —New York Magazine, "This is the book of the Sixties that we have been waiting for." --Norman Mailer "Extraordinary . . . a fascinating narrative that is both meticulously reported and expertly orchestrated." --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times "The ultimate oral history and still the most objectively cool book I've ever read. It's perfectly structured and the most important book about America in the 1960s." --Sloane Crosley, T: The New York Times Style Magazine "An exceptionally seductive biography. . . . You can't put it down. . . . It has novelistic excitement." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Jean Stein's 1982 book Edie: American Girl , edited with George Plimpton . . . gave oral history the particular shimmer that comes when lofty literary aims happen to coincide with sheer entertainment value . . . Edie gave an almost mythic quality to its subject's persona and her brief rise and fall, yet in its telling you could also follow clear lines connecting disparate pieces of 20th-century American life: the hollow cult of celebrity; the fragile prospect of greater opportunity for women; the intoxicating dream of the West for certain Easterners; the peculiar pathologies of the very rich." --Maria Russo, New York Times Book Review "Through a kaleidoscope of seemingly fragmented voices, patterns form, giving brilliant definition to the very American tragedy of Edie Sedgwick, a woman . . . not likely to be forgotten after this haunting portrait." -- Publishers Weekly "What makes this book so unusual, unique almost, is the picture it paints of the New York counterculture. No one has ever done it better." -- Atlanta Journal & Constitution "Is anyone capable of picking up . . . Edie and putting it down before the very last page?" --Pamela Paul, New York Times Book Review "There is no more classic summertime read." -- New York Magazine, "This is the book of the Sixties that we have been waiting for." --Norman Mailer "Through a kaleidoscope of seemingly fragmented voices, patterns form, giving brilliant definition to the very American tragedy of Edie Sedgwick, a woman...not likely to be forgotten after this haunting portrait." -- Publishers Weekly "Extraordinary . . . a fascinating narrative that is both meticulously reported and expertly orchestrated." -- The New York Times "An exceptionally seductive biography. . . . You can't put it down. . . . It has novelistic excitement." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "What makes this book so unusual, unique almost, is the picture it paints of the New York counterculture. No one has ever done it better." -- The Atlanta Journal & Constitution "There is no more classic summertime read." -- New York Magazine, This is the book of the Sixties that we have been waiting for."—Norman Mailer Through a kaleidoscope of seemingly fragmented voices, patterns form, giving brilliant definition to the very American tragedy of Edie Sedgwick, a woman…not likely to be forgotten after this haunting portrait."— Publishers Weekly Extraordinary . . . a fascinating narrative that is both meticulously reported and expertly orchestrated."— The New York Times An exceptionally seductive biography. . . . You can't put it down. . . . It has novelistic excitement."— Los Angeles Times Book Review What makes this book so unusual, unique almost, is the picture it paints of the New York counterculture. No one has ever done it better."— The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, This is the book of the Sixties that we have been waiting for."—Norman Mailer Through a kaleidoscope of seemingly fragmented voices, patterns form, giving brilliant definition to the very American tragedy of Edie Sedgwick, a woman…not likely to be forgotten after this haunting portrait."—Publishers Weekly Extraordinary . . . a fascinating narrative that is both meticulously reported and expertly orchestrated."—The New York Times An exceptionally seductive biography. . . . You can't put it down. . . . It has novelistic excitement."—Los Angeles Times Book Review What makes this book so unusual, unique almost, is the picture it paints of the New York counterculture. No one has ever done it better."—The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, "This is the book of the Sixties that we have been waiting for."--Norman Mailer "Through a kaleidoscope of seemingly fragmented voices, patterns form, giving brilliant definition to the very American tragedy of Edie Sedgwick, a woman...not likely to be forgotten after this haunting portrait."-- Publishers Weekly "Extraordinary . . . a fascinating narrative that is both meticulously reported and expertly orchestrated."-- The New York Times "An exceptionally seductive biography. . . . You can't put it down. . . . It has novelistic excitement."-- Los Angeles Times Book Review "What makes this book so unusual, unique almost, is the picture it paints of the New York counterculture. No one has ever done it better."-- The Atlanta Journal & Constitution "There is no more classic summertime read." --New York Magazine, "This is the book of the Sixties that we have been waiting for." --Norman Mailer "Extraordinary . . . a fascinating narrative that is both meticulously reported and expertly orchestrated." --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times "An exceptionally seductive biography. . . . You can't put it down. . . . It has novelistic excitement." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Jean Stein's 1982 book Edie: American Girl , edited with George Plimpton . . . gave oral history the particular shimmer that comes when lofty literary aims happen to coincide with sheer entertainment value . . . Edie gave an almost mythic quality to its subject's persona and her brief rise and fall, yet in its telling you could also follow clear lines connecting disparate pieces of 20th-century American life: the hollow cult of celebrity; the fragile prospect of greater opportunity for women; the intoxicating dream of the West for certain Easterners; the peculiar pathologies of the very rich." --Maria Russo, New York Times Book Review "Through a kaleidoscope of seemingly fragmented voices, patterns form, giving brilliant definition to the very American tragedy of Edie Sedgwick, a woman . . . not likely to be forgotten after this haunting portrait." -- Publishers Weekly "What makes this book so unusual, unique almost, is the picture it paints of the New York counterculture. No one has ever done it better." -- Atlanta Journal & Constitution "Is anyone capable of picking up . . . Edie and putting it down before the very last page?" --Pamela Paul, New York Times Book Review "There is no more classic summertime read." -- New York Magazine
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
791.43/028/0924
Synopsis
When Edie was first published, it quickly became an international best-seller and then took its place among the classic books about the 1960s. Edie Sedgwick exploded into the public eye like a comet. She seemed to have it all: she was aristocratic and glamorous, vivacious and young, Andy Warhol's superstar. But within a few years she flared out as quickly as she had appeared, and before she turned twenty-nine she was dead from a drug overdose. In a dazzling tapestry of voices—family, friends, lovers, rivals—the entire meteoric trajectory of Edie Sedgwick's life is brilliantly captured. And so is the Pop Art world of the ‘60s: the sex, drugs, fashion, music—the mad rush for pleasure and fame. All glitter and flash on the outside, it was hollow and desperate within—like Edie herself, and like her mentor, Andy Warhol. Alternately mesmerizing, tragic, and horrifying, this book shattered many myths about the ‘60s experience in America., When Edie was first published, it quickly became an international bestseller and then took its place among the classic books about the 1960s. Edie Sedgwick exploded into the public eye like a comet. She seemed to have it all: she was aristocratic and glamorous, vivacious and young, Andy Warhol's superstar. But within a few years she flared out as quickly as she had appeared, and before she turned twenty-nine she was dead from a drug overdose. In a dazzling tapestry of voices--family, friends, lovers, rivals--the entire meteoric trajectory of Edie Sedgwick's life is brilliantly captured. And so is the Pop Art world of the '60s: the sex, drugs, fashion, music--the mad rush for pleasure and fame. All glitter and flash on the outside, it was hollow and desperate within--like Edie herself, and like her mentor, Andy Warhol. Alternately mesmerizing, tragic, and horrifying, this book shattered many myths about the '60s experience in America.
LC Classification Number
PN2287.S3445S84 1994
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- 5***n (147)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI am very happy with my purchase. It arrived in a timely manner and was well packaged. It looked just like he was pictured and is well worth the price.
- e***9 (348)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat purchase fast shipping as described recommended!
- 9***w (1045)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchasePerfect, thanks so much!!!