Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. by Lili Anolik (Engli

Description: Hollywood's Eve by Lili Anolik The goddaughter of Igor Stravinsky and a graduate of Hollywood High, Eve Babitz posed in 1963, at age twenty, playing chess with the French artist Marcel Duchamp. She was naked; he was not. The photograph made her an instant icon of art and sex. Babitz spent the rest of the decade rocking and rolling on the Sunset Strip, honing her notoriety. There were the album covers she designed: for Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds, to name but a few. There were the men she seduced: Jim Morrison, Ed Ruscha, Harrison Ford, to name but a very few. Then, at nearly thirty, her It girl days numbered, Babitz was discovered—as a writer—by Joan Didion. She would go on to produce seven books, usually billed as novels or short story collections, always autobiographies and confessionals. Under-known and under-read during her career, shes since experienced a breakthrough. Now in her mid-seventies, shes on the cusp of literary stardom and recognition as an essential—as the essential—LA writer. Her prose achieves that American ideal: art that stays loose, maintains its cool, and is so simply enjoyable as to be mistaken for simple entertainment. What Hollywoods Eve has going for it on every page is its subjects utter refusal to be dull… It sends you racing to read the work of Eve Babitz." The New York Times "Read Lili Anoliks book in the same spirit youd read a new Eve Babitz, if there was one: for the gossip and for the writing. Both are extraordinary." Jonathan Lethem "Theres no better way to look at Hollywood in that magic decade, the 1970s, than through Eve Babitzs eyes. Eve knew everyone, slept with everyone, used, amused, and abused everyone. And then theres Eve herself: a cult figure turned into a legend in Anoliks electrifying book. This is a portrait as mysterious, maddening-and seductive-as its subject." —Peter Biskind, author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls For Babitz, life was slow days, fast company until a freak fire turned her into a recluse, living in a condo in West Hollywood, where author Lili Anolik tracked her down in 2012. Hollywoods Eve, equal parts biography and detective story "brings a ludicrously glamorous scene back to life, adding a few shadows along the way" (Vogue) and "sends you racing to read the work of Eve Babitz" (The New York Times). FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Lili Anolik is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a writer at large for Air Mail. She is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller Hollywoods Eve and Didion and Babitz. Her last podcast, Once Upon a Time…at Bennington College, was produced by Cadence13. In 2024, she was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for profile writing. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. Details ISBN1471190242 Author Lili Anolik Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd ISBN-10 1471190242 ISBN-13 9781471190247 Year 2020 Format Paperback Subtitle Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 288 Publication Date 2020-03-19 DEWEY 813.54 Short Title Hollywoods Eve Language English UK Release Date 2020-03-19 NZ Release Date 2020-03-19 AU Release Date 2020-03-31 Audience General Imprint Scribner UK We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160754051;

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