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Title: Evita: The Real Life of Eva Peron by Nicholas Fraser, Marysa Navarro ISBN: 0393315754 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71
Rating: 5
Summary: The definitive biography of Evita
Comment: EVITA: THE REAL LIFE OF EVA PERON is the definitive biography of the woman most famously known as the subject of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. What this book has that all other biographies lack is: research. The authors visited Argentina in the process of their writing, and interviewed dozens of people who knew and worked with Evita.
The other key ingredient to the success of this book is the neutrality of the authors. They don't have anything invested in what the reader thinks of Eva Peron. They do not want to sway the reader in any particular direction. The authors are neither "pro" nor "anti"-Evita. In the preface to the book they make the promise to try to present Eva as a human being, but concede that this is not as simple a task as it sounds. Evita, they claim, is buried beneath more myth and fantasy than any other historical figure of modern times.
Originally published in 1980 as EVA PERON, this re-issue, made to coincide with the release of the movie starring Madonna, contains a new introduction and epilogue in which Nicholas Fraser comments on the odd re-emergence of Evita as a late 20th Century phenomenon. Astonishingly, the re-emergence was predicted by Evita, who said, "I will return and I will be millions," shortly before she died. Though her story is at last a part of history in her homeland, "In the rest of the world," writes the author, "she has attained the condition of apotheosis." Fraser theorizes that the return may have to do with the fact that we live in a celebrity obsessed era where actors are paid more attention than politicians, making Evita - an actress-turned-politician who was accused by her opponents of turning national political life into show business - the perfect minor deity.
I would recommend EVITA: THE REAL LIFE OF EVA PERON to anyone interested in a somewhat scholarly rendering of Evita's life, as opposed to sensational pop biography (such as EVA PERON by Alicia Dujovne Ortiz).
Rating: 5
Summary: You may remember her...
Comment: You may remember her, Eva Peron, I do not in fact, purly because of my age, but you may remember her. She spoke words in which brought courage to a weak nation, those words, beautiful, passionate and ever so powerful. I feel this piece of respective litriture portrays her soul, better that any photograph.
Rating: 5
Summary: This was an enjoyable way to hear a true story.
Comment: After seeing a documentary on Evita, I thought I knew everything about her. This book added more interesting parts of her life (as well as what happened after she died). I'd read it again. I can't see how anyone could not enjoy it.
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Title: In My Own Words: Evita by Eva Peron, Joseph Page, Laura Dail ISBN: 1565843533 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Evita: An Intimate Portrait of Eva Peron by Tomas De Elia, Juan Pablo Queiroz, Tomas De Elia ISBN: 0847820289 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: 1997 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title:Biography - Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth ASIN: 6304475101 Publisher: A & E Entertainment Pub. Date: 24 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.95 |
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Title: Eva Peron: The Myths of a Woman by Julie M. Taylor ISBN: 0226791440 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title:Evita ASIN: 6304806418 Publisher: Disney Studios Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $12.99 |
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