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The Price of Illusion
- A Memoir
- De: Joan Juliet Buck
- Narrado por: Joan Juliet Buck
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
From Joan Juliet Buck, former editor-in-chief of Paris Vogue, comes a dazzling memoir: a fabulous account of four decades spent in the creative heart of London, New York, Los Angeles, and Paris, chronicling Buck's quest to discover the difference between glitter and gold, illusion and reality, and what looks like happiness from the thing itself.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narcissistic name dropper
- De Marlette en 12-03-19
- The Price of Illusion
- A Memoir
- De: Joan Juliet Buck
- Narrado por: Joan Juliet Buck
MESMERIZING, HILARIOUS, HEARTBREAKING MEMOIR
Revisado: 01-30-20
The epic adventures of a father-daughter team (mom is on the sidelines, being beautiful) navigating the magic, treachery and dangers of movies and fashion, from Hollywood to Paris to London, and all over. This book had me laughing one minute ( those descriptions of the crew at Vogue, OMG) , scared the next, (what's with the ghost in the Paris apartment ?) moved a few pages later (the death of the beautiful mother, the strange fate of Ricki the fairy godmother). And the men! How did she get those men? Why didn't she want to keep any? How did they feel about being in this book? I was constantly entertained and wanted it to go on, and on-- there have to be many more stories she didn't tell. Yes, it's very cis-gender. (Most of it takes place in the 20th century) But it's also about the power of transformation, how you can make magic but you need love to ground a life. The author ( an actress as well as a writer) does the reading, and you feel like she's giving you her heart. You could say it's about what happens when you set out to reverse the bad things that broke your father while leading a fancy life you can't afford. About becoming the least-likely ever editor in chief of Vogue (that's Paris Vogue), or about being labeled a drug addict when you're not.The crazy paradoxes in this book make it the most fun and the most surprising I've ever read (or heard ) , absolutely unlike anything else EVER. Except maybe Harry Potter, except she's a woman and it's true.
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The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- De: T. S. Eliot
- Narrado por: Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins
- Duración: 3 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 429
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 367
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 360
Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity. Major poems range from 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' through the post-war desolation of 'The Waste Land' and the spiritual struggle of 'Ash-Wednesday', to the enduring charm of 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Horribly Frustrating to Follow
- De AVS en 06-18-18
- The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- De: T. S. Eliot
- Narrado por: Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins
Heady Audible magic, potent and rich
Revisado: 01-30-20
The voice of Jeremy Irons speaking the words of TS Eliot on this audiobook combine to remove heavy sorrow from your heart, raise your spirits and even your IQ, and open your heart. I take it everywhere in my iPhone and listen to the softest , deepest, sexiest , most knowing voice as it gives me the great poems.
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