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Elia Kazan: A Life

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Pan Books, 1997 - Performing Arts - 848 pages
Kazan brings to the undiluted telling of his story all the passion and truth, the almost outrageous frankness, that have made him so formidable a stage director (A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman), film director (On the Waterfront, East of Eden, Splendor in the Grass), and bestselling novelist (The Arrangement). Illustrated.

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User Review  - Alexandra Richland - Goodreads

This is by far the best book I have ever read - I've actually read it four times in the last 8 years. It is a brutally honest portrait of a man who (as an old man) looks back at his life and presents ... Read full review

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User Review  - John Gannon - Goodreads

He is not simply a namedropper, but the number of people mentioned who he interacted with during the course of his life is staggering. It would have been a much better book if he had properly addressed the McCarthy era stuff, but he didn't. Read full review

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"No one who did what I did, whatever his reasons, came out of it undamaged," Kazan wrote in his autobiography Elia Kazan: A Life. "I did not. ...
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E lia Kazan, storm-tossed and stormy, is one of the century's vivid American artists. Consider his record: In the theater he was the director of ''The Skin ...
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The chronological listing “Elia Kazan: A Life in Public” Schickel provides as an Appendix is an excellent resource for both students and enthusiasts. ...
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About the author (1997)

Elia Kazan's work includes stage productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as well as films like On the Waterfront, East of Eden, and Splendor in the Grass. He is also the author of The Arrangement, America America, and The Assassins, among others.

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TitleElia Kazan: A Life
AuthorElia Kazan
Editionillustrated, unabridged, reprint
PublisherPan Books, 1997
ISBN0306808048, 9780306808043
Length848 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Performing Arts / Film & Video / Direction & Production
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