Writers Between the Covers (eBook)

Joni Rendon, Shannon McKenna Schmidt (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
256 Seiten
Penguin Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-0-698-14681-5 (ISBN)

Infos

What happened off the page was often a lot spicier than what was written on it...  Why did Norman Mailer stab his second wife at a party?  Who was Edith Wharton’s secret transatlantic lover? What motivated Anaïs Nin to become a bigamist?   Writers Between the Covers rips the sheets off these and other real-life love stories of the literati—some with fairy tale endings and others that resulted in break-ups, breakdowns, and brawls. Among the writers laid bare are Agatha Christie, who sparked the largest-ever manhunt in England as her marriage fell apart; Arthur Miller, whose jaw-dropping pairing with Marilyn Monroe proved that opposites attract, at least initially; and T.S. Eliot, who slept in a deckchair on his disastrous honeymoon.   From the best break-up letters to the stormiest love triangles to the boldest cougars and cradle-robbers, this fun and accessible volume—packed with lists, quizzes and in-depth exposés—reveals literary history’s most titillating loves, lusts, and longings.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 0-698-14681-6 / 0698146816
• ISBN-13: 978-0-698-14681-5 / 9780698146815