Garbo
Garbo by Barry Paris is a comprehensive biography published by University of Minnesota Press in 2002. This first edition spans 654 pages and is presented in English. The book delves into the life of Greta Garbo, a screen legend known for her reclusiveness and iconic roles in films such as Flesh and the Devil and Grand Hotel. Paris explores her journey from a challenging childhood in Sweden to her rise in Hollywood, capturing the complexities of her character and career.
Readers will find a detailed account of Garbo’s life, including her unexpected retirement from filmmaking and her attempts at a comeback. The biography is enriched with previously unavailable materials, such as extensive tape-recorded conversations and personal correspondence, providing insights into her relationships with friends and family. This edition offers a thorough examination of Garbo’s impact on the entertainment and performing arts, making it a significant contribution to the genre of biography and autobiography.
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The only complete biography of the screen legend-now in paperback for the first time!
Greta Garbo (1905-1990) is as famous for her reclusiveness as for starring in such enduring classics as Flesh and the Devil, Grand Hotel, Queen Christina, and Ninotchka. In this richly illustrated volume, renowned biographer Barry Paris offers the definitive biography of this fascinating and complex woman-from her hardscrabble childhood in Sweden to her arrival in Hollywood at the age of nineteen, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her unintentional retirement from filmmaking at the height of her fame, from the new life she crafted for herself to her surprising, and failed, plans for a comeback. Drawing on hitherto unavailable material, including one hundred hours of tape-recorded conversations, fifty years of correspondence, and interviews with Garbo’s surviving friends and family, Paris reveals the real woman behind the enigma.
Barry Paris is an award-winning biographer, film and music critic, and journalist who is the author of Louise Brooks (Minnesota, 2001). His articles have appeared in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, American Film, and numerous other publications. He lives in Pittsburgh.
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