- Novela biográfica, Actores cinematográficos, Fiction, Romans
The life of Marilyn Monroe as seen by JCO. The story begins with Marilyn's birth and ends with her death. JCO creates a story that could very well be Marilyn's story, haunting.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Joyce Carol Oates
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 752
- Publisher
- Fischer (S.), Frankfurt, Harper Perennial, Brand: HarperAudio
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- Spanish, German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780060934934
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First sentence
“"This movie I've been seeing all my life, yet never to its completion."”
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