SARAH BERNHARDT - O RISO INDOMAVEL

Romance em que, através de cartas, a escritora françoise Sagan dialoga com a atriz Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).



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in this charming imaginary correspondence, Sagan interviews the legendary actress (1844-1923).

Since Sagan distrusts the published biographies, especially Bernhardt s coy Ma double vie (1907), she leads her subject to make candid comments on her upbringing as a cocotte s daughter, her roles on- and off-stage, her intertwined workaholism and spendthrift lifeall illuminated by Bernhardt s captivating megalomania. Despite Bernhardt s sexual appetite and self-indulgence, the correspondence is discreet, almost chaste. The charm lies in Sagan s convincing recreation of Bernhardt s conversational voice, which the translator conveys admirably. Marilyn Gaddis Rose, SUNY at Binghamton

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