Woody, David Evanier
Woody, David Evanier
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Woody
The Biography

Author: David Evanier

Narrator: Aaron Abano

Unabridged: 15 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/03/2015


Synopsis

In this first biography of Woody Allen in over a decade, David Evanier discusses key movies, plays and prose as well as Allen's personal life. Evanier tackles the themes that Allen has spent a lifetime sorting through in art: morality, sexuality, Judaism, the eternal struggle of head and heart. Woody will be the definitive word on a major American talent as he begins his ninth decade, and his sixth decade of making movies.

About David Evanier

David Evanier is the bestselling author of nine books, including Roman Candle: The Life of Bobby Darin and Making The Wiseguys Weep: The Jimmy Rosselli Story. He received the Aga Khan Fiction Prize and the McGinniss-Ritchie Short Fiction Award, and is a former fiction editor of The Paris Review. He and his wife live in New York.


Reviews

Uwielbiam Woody'ego Allena i to się nigdy nie zmieni! Evanier wykonał świetną pracę, robiąc research dotarł do ludzi, z którymi Allen współpracował przeszło dekady temu. Udało mu się odpowiednio zbalansować życie prywatne i zawodowe Allena, odsłaniając przy tym osobowość Woody'ego (zwykle Allena uos......more

Goodreads review by Steve

This is the 4th (I think) Allen bio, and thus far, none has hit the mark-- they tend to be hagiographic or sensationalistic. This one leans toward the former, and is marred by repetition, too many quotes from the author's cousin, and a surprising number of factual errors. Still, the fact that I plow......more

Първата ми среща с Уди Алън беше когато излезе книгата "Ако импресионистите бяха зъболекари" по комунистическо време. Бях запленена от чувството му за хумор, прочетох я 7-8 пъти и дори на купоните в нас понякога спирахме музиката и започваше литературно четене на откъси от книгата. На днешно време в......more

Goodreads review by Irena

Едва ли някой би казал, че биографиите са завадяващо четиво, но но книгата на Девид Еваниър за Уди Алън е изключително интересна. В нея не гъмжи от житейски факти за детството, къде е учил и какво образование е завършил Уди, заприятели, за роднини, за сватби и разводи... Разказът е за творчеството на......more