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    Garbo: A Biography

    Author: Barry Paris
    Publisher: Knopf
    Category: Book

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    Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
    Sales Rank: 1364949

    Media: Hardcover
    Edition: 1st
    Pages: 654
    Number Of Items: 1
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
    Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.8 x 2

    ISBN: 0394580206
    Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
    EAN: 9780394580203
    ASIN: 0394580206

    Publication Date: February 21, 1995
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    Product Description
    The author of Louise Brooks presents a full-scale portrait of the legendary and enigmatic actress, drawing on previously unavailable source material to provide a revealing look at her life, career, and personal relationships. 20,000 first printing. Movie/Entertainment Alt.


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    5 out of 5 stars Best Garbo Bio   January 16, 2005
    S. Twiselton
    3 out of 3 found this review helpful

    Paris truly has an affection for Garbo, which sprung from researching his subject matter. The most entertaining bio of Garbo, honest, but not trashy.


    5 out of 5 stars Excellent Biography   April 15, 2001
    Drew (New York, NY)
    4 out of 4 found this review helpful

    Paris has done a great job in shedding light on the reclusive Garbo. It probes into her life, but is not needlessly intrusive. Endlessly fascinating.


    5 out of 5 stars Truly extraordinary biography.   October 20, 2000
    Augustus Caesar, Ph.D. (Eugene, Oregon United States)
    10 out of 10 found this review helpful

    Barry Paris' life of Greta Garbo is an extraordinary biography in many ways. First, it tells the story of one of Hollywood's most enigmatic and legendary icons without resorting to hyperbole or the sort of highblown psychobabble so many other, lesser writers would have stooped to. Second, it is meticulously researched and tells Garbo's story honestly, responsibly and thoroughly, including her mysterious days as New York's Most Famous Recluse. Finally, it delves deep into the heart of what made, and continues to make, Garbo one of the enduring figures in 20th century popular culture. Paris reveals the woman behind the dark sunglasses--and she turns out to be much more interesting than one might think. Garbo, it seems, was a woman of vast contradictions, who ultimately became the victim of both her own compulsive need for privacy and her vast emotional ambivalence. This is the biographical art at its finest, and highly recommended.

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