Mary V. Dearborn Bücher

„Rich bitch“ oder freie Frau? Hier kommt die beste Biografie der von Legenden umwobenen Heroine des 20. Jahrhunderts. Wer die Memoiren der Guggenheim kennt, kennt noch nicht die wahre Peggy! Mary V. Dearborn würdigt alle Facetten der komplexen Persönlichkeit mit den vielen Talenten (und Liebhabern). Geboren 1898, verwurzelt in Europa, war Peggy Guggenheim zeitlebens auf der Suche nach dem Vater, der - Upperclass-Schicksal - mit der Titanic im Meer versunken war. Ausgestattet mit einem komfortablen Erbe und einem starken Willen, wurde sie zur Königin der Bohemiens. Sie schrieb (Kunst-)Geschichte als Sammlerin und Galeristin von zeitgenössischer Kunst. Ihre Neugier, Kennerschaft, Professionalität und außergewöhnlichen Instinkte wahrte sie bis zum Schluss - Tod in Venedig, 1979. Fernab aller Klischees vermittelt Mary V. Dearborn tiefe und faszinierende Einblicke in Peggys Persönlichkeit und künstlerische Auffassung. Ausgewertet wurden Archive und Sammlungen, Interviews mit Kritikern, Galeristen, Künstlern, Kulturhistorikern und Familienangehörigen. Ein Leben wie ein Orkan.

1993 415 S. Taschenbuch Goldmann Verlag.,

Exploring the enigmatic life of a celebrated author, this biography offers an in-depth look at her complex character and groundbreaking work. Utilizing newly available materials, Mary Dearborn reveals the profound insights and emotional depth that shaped the writer's perspective on the outcast experience. This account not only highlights her literary achievements but also delves into her personal struggles, presenting a comprehensive portrait of an artist who was truly ahead of her time.

A full biography of Ernest Hemingway draws on a wide range of previously untapped material and offers particular insight into the private demons that both inspired and tormented him.

"Ernest Hemingway first visited Cuba in 1928, and the experience would change the course of his entire life. He settled in Cojimar--a tiny fishing village east of Havana--in 1940, and came to think of himself as Cuban. What he discovered there, a new world counterpart to his beloved Spain, provided him the material for the novel that would rescue his uncertain career. The Old Man and the Sea won him a Pulitzer Prize and, one year later, earned literature's highest honor--the Nobel Prize. Recognizing his debt, Hemingway announced to the press that he had won the prize "as a citizen of Cojimar." This is the Hemingway story that has never been told: the full story of Papa as an expatriate in Cuba, an ingenuous American opportunist whose natural openness and curiosity connected with the distinctive warmth of the Cuban character. In Cuba he formed key artistic relationships -- including a longstanding affair with a previously undiscovered Cuban lover, Leopoldina Roderiguez -- and became the Nobel Prize-winning literary legend we know today"-- Provided by publisher