Feb 21, 2016 in many ways steins new book, west of eden, continues the larger project she began in edie. Stein vividly captures a mythic cast of characters. Feb 04, 2016 chandlers ghost haunts jean steins west of eden. The story continues in two sequels, winter in eden and return to eden. Lauren bacall, arthur miller, dennis hopper, frank gehry, ring lardner, joan didion, stephen sondheim all interviewed by jean stein, who grew up in the 40s in a fairytale mansion in the hollywood hills. Lauren bacall, arthur miller, dennis hopper, frank gehry, ring lardner, joan didion, stephen sondheim all interviewed by jean stein, who grew up in the.
West of eden by jean stein penguin books new zealand. Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the kindle edition of this book. Feb 04, 2016 west of eden is the definitive story of hollywood, told, in their own words, by the people on the inside. In 1970, stein authored, with george plimpton as editor, a biography of robert f. Feb 05, 2016 despite its provenance, west of eden is strangely unfocused, especially when compared with ms. Jean stein influenced the art of oral history in her groundbreaking book edie. West of eden illuminates five aspiring individuals whose dreams were big and their american place is southern california, back in the day. Buy west of eden by jean stein from waterstones today. West of eden is the definitive story of hollywood, told, in their own words, by the people on the inside. Their work was praised by norman mailer as the book of the sixties.
Jean stein, author of edie and west of eden, jumps to her death at. The book takes us from the discovery of oil in the twenties with the story of. The pacific sunset on the cover of steins book looks hellish, and the hollywood sign, seen from behind, might be starting to spell the word. Lauren bacall, arthur miller, dennis hopper, frank gehry, ring lardner, joan didion, stephen sondheim all interviewed by jean stein, who grew up in the forties in a fairytale mansion in the hollywood hills the book takes us from the discovery of oil in the twenties with the story of. Feb 17, 2016 west of eden presents an insiders view of hollywoods inglorious past, for which project stein is especially wellqualified, being the daughter of jules stein, founder of talent agency mca. The point that nathanael west made, of course, is that the masses ultimately want to kill and devour, to cannibalize their celebrity gods. American girl, an indelible portrait of andy warhol superstar edie sedgwick. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. American girl, an indelible portrait of andy warhol superstar edie sedgwick, which was edited with george plimpton. In west of eden, stein returns to the form, although the book suffers from an unclear aim. Her father jules stein was born in 1924 in chicago. West of eden by jean stein penguin random house audio.
In her long awaited follow up to edie, an american girl, stein again uses oral history to flesh out the stories of the dohenys, the warner family of warner bros. Lauren bacall, arthur miller, dennis hopper, frank gehry, ring lardner, joan didion, stephen sondheim all interviewed by jean stein, who grew up in the forties in a fairytale mansion in the hollywood hills. He started as a booker of bands touring the midwest, and ended as the founder of mca, the giant hollywood talent agency and production house in 1958 he bought universal. West of eden book king county library system bibliocommons. Feb 15, 2017 west of eden is the definitive story of hollywood, told, in their own words, by the people on the inside.
Stein was the author of three books and a pioneer of the narrative form of oral history. Jean stein transformed the art of oral history in her groundbreaking book edie. Its like being at an insiders cocktail party where the most delicious gossip about the rich and. In many ways stein s new book, west of eden, continues the larger project she began in edie. West of eden is the definitive story of hollywood told, in their own words, by the people on the inside.
Joan didion in times past, in an effort to capture the edge and feel of hollywood during its golden age of glamour and noir, nathanael west, raymond chandler, carey mcwilliams, and joan didion. Adam and eve are driven east out of the garden of eden. West of eden by jean stein penguin books australia. Actress jones became the ultimate hollywood hostess while weathering tremendous emotional instability. In many ways steins new book, west of eden, continues the larger project she began in edie. The times of robert kennedy, an oral history with interviews by stein and edited by george plimpton. Jean stein and west of eden belong in this companykevin starr, former california state librarian and author of california. Now, in west of eden, stein turns her lens toward the city sedgwick. Jules stein, the son of lithuanian immigrants in south bend, indiana, left his career as an ophthalmologist to start a bandbooking business and created an entire empire. As with her previous book, edie, about andy warhols muse, steins method is to construct a narrative entirely from oral interviews, an approach. Her book, west of eden, is an oral history or, more correctly, an oral biography of a place that has been. The book might have been alternatively titled bad blood. The other hollywood is clearly a rich seam to mine and jean stein, author of west of eden, is in a good position to so do.
American girl, the former grand street editor harnesses a gossipy chorus of voices. West of eden by jean stein overdrive rakuten overdrive. The first section is dominated by the monstrous patriarch edward doheny, who bribed. Being west of eden, then, is a reference to the counterhistorical premise of the novel. Despite its provenance, west of eden is strangely unfocused, especially when compared with ms. An american place is told in the oral form tradition she used in her 1982 bestselling oral biography, edie. American girl, an indelible portrait of andy warhol superstar edie sedgwick that was edited with george plimpton. May 03, 2017 last year, random house published steins book, west of eden. Its like being at an insiders cocktail party where the most delicious gossip about. The title can be seen as a reference to the book of genesis.
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