Book
Garbo / Robert Gottlieb.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374298357 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Why Garbo? -- Garbo before Stiller -- Garbo and Stiller in Europe -- Garbo and Stiller in America -- Garbo and Gilbert -- Garbo and MGM : the silent years -- Garbo talks -- Garbo off-screen -- Garbo, Salka, and Mercedes -- Garbo goes on talking -- Garbo gone -- Garbo on her own -- Garbo and some men in her life -- Garbo, money, and art -- Garbo and Beaton -- Garbo at home and abroad -- Garbo -- Why Garbo -- A Garbo gallery -- Extras -- Kenneth tynan's profile of Garbo -- Garbo, the Harrisons, and the Windsors -- Hours with Greta Garbo -- James Harvey on Camille -- From David Thomson's The new biographical dictionary of film, sixth edition -- Glimpses of Garbo -- Colleagues on Garbo -- Comments on Garbo -- Garbo in books -- Songs. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 791.43028092 Garbo-G | 31681010261626 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Robert Gottlieb (1931 - 2023) was a legendary book editor and writer who shaped the modern literary canon. He was editor-in-chief of Simon and Schuster, the head of Alfred A. Knopf, and editor of The New Yorker. He contributed frequently to The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and The New York Review of Books, and the New York Observer as dance critic. His books include Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens, George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker, Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt, Avid Reader: A Life, and a collection of essays Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others. In 2015, he was presented with the Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A documentary film exploring his fifty-year relationship with the writer Robert Caro, Turn Every Page, was released in 2022.
