Contributions

  • Muñoz, José, 1942- illustrator - Contributor
  • MacRae, Katy, translator - Contributor
  • Boyd, Robert, translator - Contributor
  • Thompson, Kim, translator - Contributor

Publication

2017 - NBM, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

15,500 words, Guess

Page Count

62 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC782.42165
  • LCCPN6790.A73 S26713 2017
  • LCCML420.H58

Description

"Born in Philadelphia in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legendary jazz singer, even mythical. With her voice even now managing to touch so many people, we follow a reporter on the trail of the artist on behalf of a New York daily. Beyond the public scandals that marred the life of the star (alcohol, drugs, violence ...), he seeks to restore the truth, revisiting the memory of Billie. Through this investigation, Muñoz and Sampayo trace, through the undertones of racism, and in the wake of the blues, the slow drift of a singer who expressed the deepest emotions in jazz"--Provided by publisher of English edition.

Description

62 pages : 31 cm

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Billie HolidayNBM2017

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