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Lädt ... Das Glück hinter der Maske. Autobiographie. (1985)von Alec Guinness
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A memoir covering the life and career of Alec Guinness up until roughly about 1980. If you have an interest in what it was like to be a jobbing actor in mid-century Britain, or in reading anecdotes about various different actors and directors—some still well-known today, others largely forgotten—this I think might be an engaging read for you. Guinness writes with great fluidity and meanders amiably from one topic to the next, eschewing chronological order, and my sense was that he must have been a great dinner party guest. There's too much performative humility in Blessings in Disguise, though, and too many other things (hints of a certain kind of very English snobbery, racism, misogyny) for me to think I would have liked the man had I ever met him. ( ) Guinness is a skilled writer. He weaves his tales and vignettes of "the great dead" simply, in an unpretentious tone and then, when you're not expecting it, slips in a wry, comical but wisely accurate observation that makes you pause and reflect and/or laugh. His preface was particularly clever and enlightening, as was his lengthy chapter on his religious journey and his time in the Navy during WWII. I found myself looking for events, moments, coincidences, that were the blessings in disguise referenced in the title. As I came to the end of the book I realized that it wasn't the moments that he was highlighting. It was the people that were the blessings in disguise. So, perhaps, it is with us. Enjoyable "light" read. Anecdotes from his relationships with friends, acquaintances, other actors (some who sound positively awful people but he seems to find positives in everyone!) and from his time in the navy during WW2. Many revealing glimpses into a time long gone. I liked it a lot; glad I already bought his follow up books to read. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The memoirs of the actor Sir Alec Guinness. The book includes pen portraits of such characters as Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike and John Gielgud, as well as accounts of Guinness's film career, religious beliefs and wartime experiences. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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