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Sto caricando le informazioni... When You Lunch With the Emperor (2004)di Ludwig Bemelmans
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Another anthology of Bemelmans' work put out by Overlook press; a number of these stories have appeared in other Bemelmans' books. There are a number of the author's line drawings, which liven up this collection. How much of the biographical stuff is made up for entertainment, and how much is real, is an interesting question (such as Bemelmans allegedly getting arrested in late 30s Germany for mocking Hitler). I did think that this was a better collection that "Hotel Bemelmans," by the same publisher. The title, by the way, is explained up front, on page 3, in an alleged anecdote. ( ) This book is an interesting look at the life of author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans in the form of a series of short stories. The most interesting of these cover his work in the fancy dining room of a high-class hotel, although he also speaks of his life growing up in Germany and his travels in later years. A man to whom many interesting things happened, Bemelmans has a whimsical humor with which he describes things which lends a fanciful feel to his writing. I would recommend not reading the prologue until after you've read the rest of the book, as it contains spoilers. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Ludwig Bemelmans - legendary bon vivant, raconteur and self-mythologiser - lived life like a character from a novel. Thankfully for us he was there to write about it himself. After an idyllic Tyrolean childhood followed by an equally rebellious adolescence, Ludwig was shipped off to America by his family. He spent years working in New York's hotel and restaurant demimonde and a period in the US Army before eventually becoming a celebrated artist and writer. He moved seamlessly from below stairs to mixing with the rich and famous. He spent time in Hollywood, designed sets for Broadway, opened restaurants and travelled on endless adventures through South America and Europe. Wherever Ludwig went and whatever he did -letting Parisian criminals baby-sit his daughter, getting caught with his toenails painted red by the Gestapo or discovering the only restaurant with toilets in the Amazon jungle - you were guaranteed magic and pure entertainment. When You Lunch with the Emperor paints an enchanted picture of this life less ordinary through Bemelmans' finest tales. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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