Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates (Paperback, 2001)

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A sweeping, mesmerising novel of the most enduring and evocative cultural icon of the 20th century. Joyce Carol Oates' masterpiece is a brilliant and deeply moving portrait of a culture hypnotised by its own myths and the shattering reality of the personal effects it had on the woman who became Marilyn Monroe. Who was Norma Jeane Baker? In 'Blonde' we are given an intimate, unsparing vision of the woman who became Marilyn Monroe like no other: the child who visits the cinema with her mother; the orphan whose mother is declared mad; the woman who changes her name to become an actress; the fated celebrity, lover, comedienne, muse and icon. Joyce Carol Oates tells an epic American story of how a fragile, gifted young woman makes and remakes her identity, surviving against crushing odds, perpetually in conflict and intensely driven. Here is the very essence of the individual hungry and needy for love: from an elusive mother; from a mysterious, distant father and from a succession of lovers and husbands. Joyce Carol Oates sympathetically explores the inner life of the woman destined to become Hollywood's most compelling legend. 'Blonde' is a brilliant and deeply moving portrait of a culture hypnotised by its own myths and the shattering reality of the personal effects it had on the woman who became Marilyn Monroe.

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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-139781841153728

eBay Product ID (ePID)91964811

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Book TitleBlonde

AuthorJoyce Carol Oates

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicBooks

Publication Year2001

Number of Pages752 Pages

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Item Height198mm

Item Width129mm

Item Weight520g

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Title_AuthorJoyce Carol Oates

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by flet4707
13 Nov, 2022
Imaginative weaving of a parallel story.
Joyce Carol Oates writes very fluently and compellingly. The trouble is she makes up her own novel based on the life of Marilyn Monroe but adding her own incidents. It sent me to three other books out of many that are claiming to be straight biographies to notice the differences. Nevertheless Oates engaged my interest and empathy and her imaginings of what went on re the Kennedys are very convincingly vile.
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