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Title: Memoirs of an Amnesiac by Oscar Levant, Oscar, Levant ISBN: 0-573-60698-6 Publisher: Samuel French Trade Pub. Date: 01 August, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: More than just a nut case
Comment: In this book, the hypochondriac genius of movies, radio, television, and the concert stage delivers all the neurotic humor expected. But the author, a talented writer as well as one of the great pianists of the 20th century, also succeeds at conveying the ambience of the artistic world of the 1920s through 1950s. His insights about his contemporaries, including celebrated conductors, musicians, composers, and actors, are fascinating.
Rating: 5
Summary: Laughing All The Way To The Nuthouse...
Comment: This has always been one of my favorite books. I recall reading it for the first time as a pre-teen, and chuckling at his OUTRAGEOUS stories. I'm probably among the last generation that remembers this brilliant man, which is a shame. In the days of the great "talk shows", like Jack Paar, etc.., Oscar Levant was always one of the most coveted, and controversial, guests. I remember seeing him on t.v., as a kid, & being fascinated by this odd looking man who, though I quite honestly didn't get 90% of what he was saying, was obviously someone truly unique. This book has all his irreverent humor, the humor even evident in his telling of his long battle with mental illness, and his extreme, then un-named "obsessive-compulsive" disorder. His brutal honesty about his ordeal was unheard of at that time, and was long before the trend of todays celebrities, who do everything but hawk their x-rays on informercials. There's many names in this book that you will recognize, and his telling of his encounters with various celebrities is not always in their favor, and will have you rolling on the floor. He was literally thrown off the air in the 1950's, for a remark he made on a live talk show, pertaining to Marilyn Monroe and her conversion to Judaism, which is recounted in this book, but can't be repeated here. But at the time, the staid 1950's, it must have had the audience awestruck in utter shock at his outrageous (and incredibly humorous) statement. This is just a fabulous book about one of the greatest wits of this century, the man who started out as an incredibly accomplished and respected pianist, he was most known for his rendition of good friend Gershwins "Rhapsody In Blue", and became something more than just a clown. Totally touching, hysterical, and honest, this book will have you falling in love with dear, lost, brilliant Oscar. In todays, for the most part, [dissapointing] "celebrity" climate, we sure could use the likes of him again.
Rating: 5
Summary: a must re-read
Comment: Luckily found this among my mother's books, the title caught my eye. When asked about it, my mother laughed softly. I thought, if it can make her laugh it must be funny; well it's the best humor, and I turned to a page and busted out laughing. It's more than that. I read the one I bought from time to time, and there is always a point of feeling I'm in the belly of a beast. Such integrity I'd never known, and never felt I could fit in this world 'til reading "Memoirs of an Amnesiac".
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Title: A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant by Sam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger ISBN: 1879505398 Publisher: Silman-James Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: A Smattering of Ignorance by Oscar Levant ISBN: 0848821521 Publisher: Amereon Ltd Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title:Levant Plays Gershwin ASIN: B0000026H0 Publisher: Sony Pub. Date: 25 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $9.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.98 |
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Title: The unimportance of being Oscar by Oscar Levant ISBN: B00005X230 |
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Title:Oscar Levant ASIN: B00004WZTJ Publisher: Pearl Pub. Date: 05 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.98 |
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