Meryle Secrest ist eine gefeierte Biografin, deren Werke tief in das Leben ihrer Protagonisten eintauchen. Ihr unverwechselbarer Stil zeichnet sich durch akribische Recherche und eine scharfe Fähigkeit aus, komplexe menschliche Persönlichkeiten darzustellen. Secrest konzentriert sich darauf, die Motivationen und inneren Welten der von ihr porträtierten Personen aufzudecken und bietet den Lesern fesselnde und aufschlussreiche Erzählungen. Ihre literarischen Beiträge werden für ihre analytische Tiefe und fesselnde Prosa geschätzt.
Der Surrealismus ist untrennbar verbunden mit den Werken Salvador Dalís. Nur wenige kennen neben seinen Gemälden auch seine Bücher und Filme. Meryle Secrest versucht, den Menschen hinter dem genialen Künstler zu entdecken und wirft einen Blick auf seine grandiose Hinterlassenschaft. Eine spannende Biografie zum 100. Geburtstag am 11. Mai 2004!
A comprehensive, compelling biography following the life and style of the inimitable Elsa Schiaparelli by renowned biographer Meryle Secrest.One of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century, Elsa Schiaparelli was an integral figure in the artistic movement of the times. Her collaborations with artists such as Man Ray, Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau and Alberto Giacometti elevated the field of women's clothing design into the realm of art. Her story is one of pluck, determination and talent with scandal as spice. As the daughter of minor Italian nobility whose disastrous first marriage to a Theosophist caused near penury, she transformed herself into a designer of great imagination and, along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she was one of the few female figures in the field at that time.
'A wonderful insight into a life that history hasn't remembered as well as it should have.' - Vogue One of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century, Elsa Schiaparelli was an integral figure in the artistic movement of the times. Her collaborations with artists such as Man Ray, Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau, and Alberto Giacometti elevated the field of women's clothing design into the realm of art. Her story is one of pluck, determination, and talent with scandal as spice. As the daughter of minor Italian nobility whose disastrous first marriage to a Theosophist caused near penury, she transformed herself into a designer of great imagination and, along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she was one of the few female figures in the field at that time.