My Name Is Barbra
(Sprache: Englisch)
No entertainer's memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand's, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans. The book is, like Barbra herself, frank, funny, opinionated, and charming, tracing her life...
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No entertainer's memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand's, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans. The book is, like Barbra herself, frank, funny, opinionated, and charming, tracing her life from her early struggles to her years of political advocacy and her marriage to James Brolin.Lese-Probe zu „My Name Is Barbra “
An amiable anteater ? That s how I was described at nineteen in one of my first reviews as a professional actress. I was in I Can Get It for You Wholesale, playing a lovelorn secretary, and I could see the comparison . . . sort of. Over the next year, I was also called a sour persimmon, a furious hamster, a myopic gazelle, and a seasick ferret.
Yikes. Was I really that odd-looking?
Only a year later, when I was in my second Broadway show, Funny Girl, my face was exactly the same, but now I was being compared to an ancient oracle, Nefertiti, and a Babylonian queen. I must say I loved those descriptions. Apparently I also had a Pharaonic profile and scarab eyes. I think that was supposed to be a compliment, though I have to admit one of those eyes does look cross-eyed at times . . . and it seems like the Pharaoh also had a big schnoz. People kept telling me, Get it fixed. (I bet no one said that to him.)
But sometimes I ll just pick up a magazine in the dentist s office, for example. (I happen to like going to the dentist, because I love how my teeth feel after they re cleaned. It s also an hour of peace with no phone calls.) Once when I was waiting, I saw a story about Neil Diamond, who was a grade ahead of me at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. Actually it was about his brother, who d invented some crazy bathtub that had a stereo system and all sorts of electronic gadgets (perfect . . . for getting electrocuted). And it s not cheap . . . fourteen thousand dollars! I m thinking, Who would ever buy such a thing? And then I read that I m one of his customers! I didn t even know my friend Neil had a brother, and now I m being used to sell his bathtub?!
That s irritating, but other stories cut deep. One night, my dear friend Andrzej Bartkowiak, a brilliant cinematographer who did two films and a documentary with me, came over for dinner. (Actually, he was cooking, because I m a
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hazard in the kitchen. I can burn water.)
Andrzej had been to see his friend earlier (a medical doctor, by the way) and happened to mention that he was having dinner with me. The doctor said, I hear she s a bitch.
What? said Andrzej. What are you talking about?
She s impossible to work with.
That s ridiculous. Have you ever worked with her?
No.
Well, I have . . . three times . . . and she s wonderful to work with. In fact, she s a very nice person.
No, she isn t. She s a bitch. I read it in a magazine!
That s the power of the printed word.
And there was no hope of changing this man s mind. He chose to believe some writer who had never met me, rather than the person who really knows me. That upsets me deeply. Why couldn t he accept the truth?
For forty years, publishers have been asking me to write my autobiography. But I kept turning them down, because I prefer to live in the present rather than dwell on the past. And the fact is, I m scared that after six decades of people making up stories about me, I m going to tell the truth, and nobody is going to believe it.
Recently, my husband, Jim, and I were driving home from a movie and stopped at the supermarket because I suddenly had a craving for coffee ice cream. We walked into the market holding hands, and a man came up behind us and said, in a loud voice, I m so happy to see you back together!
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Andrzej had been to see his friend earlier (a medical doctor, by the way) and happened to mention that he was having dinner with me. The doctor said, I hear she s a bitch.
What? said Andrzej. What are you talking about?
She s impossible to work with.
That s ridiculous. Have you ever worked with her?
No.
Well, I have . . . three times . . . and she s wonderful to work with. In fact, she s a very nice person.
No, she isn t. She s a bitch. I read it in a magazine!
That s the power of the printed word.
And there was no hope of changing this man s mind. He chose to believe some writer who had never met me, rather than the person who really knows me. That upsets me deeply. Why couldn t he accept the truth?
For forty years, publishers have been asking me to write my autobiography. But I kept turning them down, because I prefer to live in the present rather than dwell on the past. And the fact is, I m scared that after six decades of people making up stories about me, I m going to tell the truth, and nobody is going to believe it.
Recently, my husband, Jim, and I were driving home from a movie and stopped at the supermarket because I suddenly had a craving for coffee ice cream. We walked into the market holding hands, and a man came up behind us and said, in a loud voice, I m so happy to see you back together!
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Barbra Streisand
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- Autor: Barbra Streisand
- 2023, 992 Seiten, 60 Schwarz-Weiss-Abbildungen, Masse: 16,6 x 24,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Viking
- ISBN-10: 0525429522
- ISBN-13: 9780525429524
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for My Name Is Barbra"A 970-page victory lap past all who ever doubted, diminished or dissed her. . . . Exuberant and glorious. . . . There are just so many scintillating Streisands to contemplate over so many years: singer, actress, director, producer, philanthropist, activist, lover, mother, wife, friend, autobiographer."
Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times Book Review
"The book is undeniably moving it does not, even for a moment, read as false. . . . Streisand s chatty, discursive presence hums on every page. . . . Riveting . . . . All the usual memoir forms rear their heads. There s the sob story, the gallant bildungsroman, the louche chronicle of various addictive behaviors, the righteous making of an activist, the victory lap. Streisand s book, in its sheer breadth and largesse, attempts to be all of these things, and thus becomes something incredibly rare. . . . If something interests her, then it is interesting, full stop. In a way, she draws on an old-fashioned idea of celebrity: to be a star is to be golden, and to make everything you touch look the same. . . . Streisand has never thought it necessary to contain herself, and there s no reason to start now."
Rachel Syme, The New Yorker
"The celebrity memoir I've coveted most is that of the singular Ms. Barbra Streisand. . . . We don't see a diva, we see a genius. . . . In a society that tends to value women's passivity while lauding their accomplishments in hindsight, it's a distinct pleasure to look back with My Name Is Barbra and marvel at how the real she came to be."
Brittany Luse, NPR
[My Name Is Barbra is] enlightening. It s shake-your-head funny and hand-to-mouth surprising. The lady who wrote it is in touch with herself, loves being herself. . . . Streisand s boundlessness, her capaciousness the lack of precedent for her whole-enchilada ambitions, the daffiness, the sexiness, the talent,
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orchestration, passion, originality; her persistence and indefatigability; the outfits; the hair were a watershed.
Wesley Morris, The New York Times
My Name Is Barbra is not to be dismissed, even at its astonishing length. It shows a busy intelligence at work and a fair degree of self-knowledge. I find much to admire about Streisand in her memoir, including her refusal to play down her own innate power.
Daphne Merkin, New York Review of Books
"Everything you could want from a Barbra Streisand memoir. . . . Scintillating. . . . The memoir is as sharp, funny and refreshingly candid as Streisand herself."
USA Today
A gloriously massive memoir from a sui generis star. . . . What a talent, what a career, what a life, and what a treat to relive it all with this most down-to-earth of demigods.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"This memoir is as extraordinary as the woman who wrote it."
Booklist (starred review)
"Charming . . . funny . . . . Chatty and sincere, the book reads like a conversation, complete with asides and self-corrections. . . . The effect is like she's sharing coffee cake with us. . . . It feels like it's Streisand telling us all the things she's wanted to say for all of her 81 years on Earth. . . . If you've ever been a fan, even if it has been a while, I can't imagine you'd want to miss it."
Chris Hewitt, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"My Name Is Barbra dispels rumors and myths but doesn t hold back on scintillating tales of love affairs, on-set drama and unfiltered anecdotes about her discomfort with fame."
Los Angeles Times
The question of her talent was never really in doubt. . . . In Streisand s book, though, there s more than just talent; we are shown craft, intelligence, a winning, rare curiosity.
Independent
Wesley Morris, The New York Times
My Name Is Barbra is not to be dismissed, even at its astonishing length. It shows a busy intelligence at work and a fair degree of self-knowledge. I find much to admire about Streisand in her memoir, including her refusal to play down her own innate power.
Daphne Merkin, New York Review of Books
"Everything you could want from a Barbra Streisand memoir. . . . Scintillating. . . . The memoir is as sharp, funny and refreshingly candid as Streisand herself."
USA Today
A gloriously massive memoir from a sui generis star. . . . What a talent, what a career, what a life, and what a treat to relive it all with this most down-to-earth of demigods.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"This memoir is as extraordinary as the woman who wrote it."
Booklist (starred review)
"Charming . . . funny . . . . Chatty and sincere, the book reads like a conversation, complete with asides and self-corrections. . . . The effect is like she's sharing coffee cake with us. . . . It feels like it's Streisand telling us all the things she's wanted to say for all of her 81 years on Earth. . . . If you've ever been a fan, even if it has been a while, I can't imagine you'd want to miss it."
Chris Hewitt, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"My Name Is Barbra dispels rumors and myths but doesn t hold back on scintillating tales of love affairs, on-set drama and unfiltered anecdotes about her discomfort with fame."
Los Angeles Times
The question of her talent was never really in doubt. . . . In Streisand s book, though, there s more than just talent; we are shown craft, intelligence, a winning, rare curiosity.
Independent
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