Oriana Fallaci: The Journalist, the Agitator, the Legend
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590517865 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Cristina De Stefano brings to life all the public success and private struggles of a woman who battled her way to the top of a world shaped by men, taking on Henry Kissinger, Muammar Gaddafi and Ayatollah Khomeini along the way. Written in the present tense, the book allows readers to get to know Fallaci as she progresses in her career rather than in the context of the notoriety she garnered in her later years. These are the qualities that made Oriana Fallaci one of the most celebrated journalists of her time. This is an intimate investigation into a larger-than-life personality who, in the end, was just another lonely
Covering the entertainment industry early on in her career, she created an original, abrasive interview style, focusing on her subject's emotions, contradictions, and facial expressions more than their words. Her hatred of fascism and authoritarian regimes would accompany her throughout her life. To retrace Fallaci's life means to retrace the course of history from World War II to 9/11.As a child, Fallaci enlisted herself in the Italian Resistance alongside her father. When she grew bored of interviewing movie stars and directors, s
Her books, Belinda e il mostro. She lives and works in Paris as a literary scout for many publishing houses in the world. Cristina De Stefano is a journalist and writer. . Vita segreta di Cristina Campo (Adelphi 2002) and Americane avventurose (Adelphi 2007) have been translated in French, German, Spanish and Polish