My Contemporaries by Cocteau, Jean

My Contemporaries (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780720612585)

Author: Jean Cocteau
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Format: Paperback
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My Contemporaries by Cocteau, Jean

My Contemporaries

$15.95
My Contemporaries by Cocteau, Jean

My Contemporaries

$15.95
Format: Paperback
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Recollections of Proust, Piaf, Colette, and a host of luminaries from Bohemian Paris For almost 50 years up until his death in 1963, Jean Cocteau held a unique place in French cultural life. The breadth of his artistic success bears witness to the astounding variety of his talents. In the fields of theater, cinema, art, ballet, and literature, Cocteau made many lifelong friends. Intimate portraits of some of the greatest artists of his age are included in this memorable memoir. Jean Cocteau was drawn to larger-than-life or seemingly unreal characters. He believed that their unreality was often the clue to the secrets of their personality. In descriptions of his contemporaries, Cocteau is able to illustrate everything that is accessible, sympathetic, memorable, durable, all-pervading, or dazzling about them. Ranging from the moving and atmospheric (the dying Proust in his cork-lined chamber) to the hilariously camp (Colette being carried from her apartment by sedan chair to have lunch across the road), it is in these portraits that the essence of his own work can be found. The portraits include Proust, Picasso, Piaf, Colette, Chaplin, and many more.

Author: Jean Cocteau
ISBN-10: 0720612586
ISBN-13: 9780720612585
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2006
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.10h x 4.80w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 265
By Jean Cocteau
By Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau is regarded as one of France's greatest men of arts and letters. A multi-faceted talent and a recipient of the L馮ion d'honneur, he achieved distinction as a poet, playwright, and critic as well as an artist, illustrator, composer, actor, and internationally acclaimed filmmaker. He was the author of La Belle et la B黎e, Les Enfants Terribles, Opium, and Thomas The Impostor.

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