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NONFICTION: And No Birds Sang, Farley Mowat ∙ Dreams in the Mirror, Richard S. Kennedy ∙ Fin-de-Siecle Vienna, Carl E. Schorske Maugham, Ted Morgan ∙ Misia, Arthur Gold & Robert Fizdale ∙ Sex in History, Reay Tannahill ∙ Show People, Kenneth Tynan...
NONFICTION: And No Birds Sang, Farley Mowat ·Fin-de-Siècle Vienna, Carl E. Schorske · Misia, Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale My Many Years, Arthur Rubinstein Sex in History, Reay Tannahill Show People, Kenneth Tynan · The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe
...died in 1950 at 78. Her last years were lonely and idle; she was dependent on drugs. Her closest friend remained Chanel, who desperately wanted to take over her crown, her legend. There was nothing to inherit. As Cocteau said of Misia: "Angels fly because they take themselves lightly." -Martha Duffy
GOLD: You certainly learn a lot about yourself. All biography is partly autobiography. You learn tolerance and acceptance of values that are not your own. FIZDALE: Misia's career was getting married...
...GOLD: Misia's career was making mischief. Then a woman could not show that she ruled the roost. Today Misia would be a committee of women. FIZDALE: Some of her life is not well documented. However we knew, or came to know, all the people around her. It was like a puzzle, or detective work. GOLD: Now we are like horses at the gate. We have been watching Balanchine's ballets since they were performed at the Central High School of Needle Trades. His world is a little island of paradise. We are starting on a book about...