Divine Sarah
Автор:
Braver AdamЖанр:
Старинная литература: Прочее;Серия:
3Дата добавления:
2013-12-01Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
39
In Divine Sarah, Adam Braver, whose previous novel was described as 'richly imagined' by the Washington Post, renders a portrait of the great actress Sarah Bernhardt in the twilight of her career as she explores her relationship to art and asks herself, 'When does art become the artist?' Sarah was truly the first international star, and she caused a sensation wherever she went. Set during the course of one week in 1906 California, the novel opens with controversy. Facing protests from the League of Decency, she is forced to move her latest production from Los Angeles to the new development of Venice Beach. And though this is only the most recent skirmish she has faced in her tumultuous sixty-one years of life, Sarah is exhausted and beginning to lose the will to fight. Plagued by...
