Milking the moon
a Southerner's story of life on this planet
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Clark, Katherine. - Contributor
Publication
2001 - Crown Publishers, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
73,750 words, Guess
Page Count
295 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemilkingmoonsouth00walt
- ISBN-100609605941
- ISBN-139780609605943
- Goodreads1714990
- Library of Congress Control Number00064530
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number45306648
- Open LibraryOL6795062M
Classifications
- DDC818/.5409
- DDCB
- LCCPS3573.A47228 Z475 2001
Description
The author, born in Mobile, Alabama, lived in various locales, enjoyed the company of many luminaries, had such adventures as a role in Fellini's 8 1/2, and "went wherever his fancy and whimsy led him." His "Cast of characters," provides remarkable, brief glimpses of such personalities as Djuna Barnes, Bricktop, Alfred Chester, Federico Fellini, Josephine Herbst, James Laughlin, Carson McCullers, Gertrude Stein, and many, many others.
Description
"Eugene Walter was the best-known man you've never heard of. In his 76 years, he ate of "the ripened heart of life," to quote a letter from Isak Dinesen, one of his many illustrious friends. He savored the porch life of his native Mobile, Alabama, in the 1920s and '30s. He stumbled into the Greenwich Village art scene in late-1940s New York. He was a ubiquitous presence in Paris's expatriate cafe society in the 1950s, where he was part of the Paris Review at its inception. Perhaps most remarkably of all for a poor Southern boy, he spent the 1960s in Rome, where he participated in the golden age of Italian cinema - including a role in Fellini's 8 1/2 - and entertained some of the most famous people in the world.". "As recorded by Katherine Clark toward the end of Walter's life, his story - enlivened with personal glimpses of luminaries from William Faulkner and Martha Graham to Judy Garland and Leontyne Price - is an eyewitness history of the heart of the last century and a pitch-perfect addition to the Southern literary tradition. Most of all, this sumptuous oral biography conveys the spirit and charm of a truly unique American who defied the odds and authority, embarked on life, and went wherever his fancy and whimsy led him."--BOOK JACKET.
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Genres
- Biography
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