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Beschreibung
Susan Orlean's collection of profiles ranges from the well-known (Marky Mark) to the unknown (Colin Duffy a typical American man aged ten) to the formerly known (the cult sixties girl group the Shaggs). Orlean meets with Cristina Sanchez Spain's first fully-qualified female matador Silly Billy New York's most successful children's clown an African king who is a New York taxi-driver and a champion show dog called Biff who from a certain angle looks like President Clinton. As in her remarkable bestseller The Orchid Thief soon to be the basis of Spike Being John Malkovich Jonze's new film starring Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage Orlean's eye for the fascinatingly bizarre and her wonderfully witty way with language make her take on the world utterly original and unique.
Susan Orlean's collection of profiles ranges from the well-known (Marky Mark) to the unknown (Colin Duffy a typical American man aged ten) to the formerly known (the cult sixties girl group the Shaggs). Orlean meets with Cristina Sanchez Spain's first fully-qualified female matador Silly Billy New York's most successful children's clown an African king who is a New York taxi-driver and a champion show dog called Biff who from a certain angle looks like President Clinton. As in her remarkable bestseller The Orchid Thief soon to be the basis of Spike Being John Malkovich Jonze's new film starring Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage Orlean's eye for the fascinatingly bizarre and her wonderfully witty way with language make her take on the world utterly original and unique.
Über den Autor
Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1992 and has also written for Esquire, Vogue and Rolling Stone. She is the author of five books including the international bestseller The Orchid Thief, the inspiration for the film Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze and starring Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep. Susan Orlean lives in Boston.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780434008773
ISBN-10: 043400877X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Orlean, Susan
Hersteller: William Heinemann
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 153 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Susan Orlean
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.07.2001
Gewicht: 0,54 kg
Artikel-ID: 134462383

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