Paul Alexander

Broschiertes Buch

Bitter Crop

The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year

Beschreibung

A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon

Autor

Paul Alexander has published eight books, among them Rough Magic, a biography of Sylvia Plath, and Salinger, a biography of J. D. Salinger that was the basis of the documentary Salinger that appeared on PBS, Netflix and HBO. His nonfiction has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Newsday, New York, the Guardian, The Nation, the Washington Post, and Rolling Stone. He teaches at Hunter College in New York.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 353
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 126mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9781837262434
• ISBN-10: 1837262438
• Artikelnr.: 71963145

Rezensionen

The unfinished life of Billie Holiday haunts us. In Bitter Crop, Paul Alexander tells her story in a way that could put her soul and our questions to rest GLORIA STEINEM