Hellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett

The first dual biography and love story of two powerful personalities, this book draws from previously untapped sources such as the Hellman-Hammett archives at the University of Texas, excerpts from Hellman's diary written as Hammett lay dying, and many more. $20,000 ad/promo.

MELLEN, Joan

History

Harpercollins

Playwright Lillian Hellman and author Dashiell Hammett are two of the 20th century's most intriguing literary personalities. The scintillating details of their unconventional relationship are revealed by a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling biographer who not only knew Hellman, but had unprecedented access to her personal papers and closest friends.

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

With the release of films like The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and That Obscure Object of Desire, Luis Buñuel at last received the recognition from Americans that he had always had from Europeans and Latin Americans. This handsomely illustrated anthology presents an international cross-section of criticism and features several articles translated from Spanish and French for the first time. Represented here are such Buñuel aficionados as Carlos Fuentes, the Mexican novelist; Tony Richardson, the British director; Henry Miller, who appreciated the films of Buñuel as long ago as the 1920s; Buñuel's surrealist admirers in Paris, Ado Kyrou, Louis Seguin, and Marcel Martin; and American critics ranging from Pauline Kael to John Simon. There are several articles by Buñuel himself, and a Buñuel filmography. The book offers a penetrating look at the many Buñuels - surrealist, Marxist, Freudian, post-Freudian, anarchist, and rebel. It follows the master from his boyhood in the Basque provinces of Spain to his early filmmaking years in Paris and Mexico to his secure position at the time of publication as the master of the European film and "father" of such younger directors as Bernardo Bertolucci and Lina Wertmuller. "The work is commensurate with the standards already established by Joan Mellen for panache and timeliness. I find especially useful the translations from the special Buñuel issue of Cine Cubano and the back numbers of Positif, and the section from the neglected book by Carlos Rebolledo. In short, it is a very useful anthology." - Michael Silverman, Director, Film Studies, Brown University.

World of Luis Bunuel

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Big Bad Wolves: Masculinity in American Films

Elm Tree Books

GOOD-to-VERY-GOOD TRADE-PAPERBACK. SOLID, UNMARKED; VERY-GOOD EXCEPT VERY SLIGHT DISCOLORATIONS TO COVER.

Filmguide to The Battle of Algiers

Indiana University Press

A book of this grade is generally well kept and is in good shape to read and store. Sturdy spine, all pages intact physically. Solid cover. Might have acceptable shelve wear. Might, rarely, have very limited notes.

Filmguide to the Battle of Algiers (Indiana University Press filmguide series)

In her long, prolific, and tumultuous career, Kay Boyle (1902-92) published more than thirty volumes of fiction and poetry to awards and acclamations, always mining a rich vein of autobiography and innovation. Her reputation, however, has only recently begun to reemerge from the long shadow cast over it by her struggle against McCarthyism, returning to American letters some of the most vigorous writing of this century. In Joan Mellen's groundbreaking and provocative biography of Kay Boyle - the first ever - the full sweep of her remarkable life is revealed. As the golden girl of expatriate Paris, Kay Boyle included among her friends James Joyce, Hart Crane, Marcel Duchamp, Picabia, Brancusi, and Archibald MacLeish. A literary figure in her own right, she became one of the most important contributors to the seminal magazine transition, virtually invented what came to be known as The New Yorker story, and was awarded two O. Henry Prizes for her short fiction. Kay Boyle took lovers, bore them children, and married three times. She struggled against fascism in Austria and on behalf of the Resistance in France, and in her seventh decade went to prison for her opposition to the Vietnam War. Kay Boyle: Author of Herself is a rare look at one of the finest writers of this American century, and at a woman who was independent, self-sufficient, and self-directed, long before these categories were acknowledged, let alone approved. Kay Boyle's was a life rich in purpose, in love, and in work.

Kay Boyle: Author of Herself

Community & Culture

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

Bob Knight: His Own Man

The "infamous" Indian coach is revealed in a candid profile that goes beyond the public persona of a man dubbed mean-spirited, sexist, and profane to discover a smart, down-to-earth, and affectionate individual

Avon/Books

BIG BAD WOLVES

Literature & Fiction

Pantheon

A critical study of the Japanese film, placing it in its historical, social, and political context and assessing its historical significance and its attractions for Western audiences

WAVES AT GENJIS DOOR

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

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Hellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett

Hellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett

World of Luis Bunuel

Big Bad Wolves: Masculinity in American Films

Filmguide to The Battle of Algiers

Filmguide to the Battle of Algiers (Indiana University Press filmguide series)

Kay Boyle: Author of Herself

Bob Knight: His Own Man

BIG BAD WOLVES

WAVES AT GENJIS DOOR