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The Richard Burton Diaries (Hardcover)
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The irresistible, candid diaries of Richard Burton, published in
their entirety "Just great fun, and written out of an engaging,
often comical bewilderment: How did a poor Welshman become not only
a star, but a player on the world stage that was Elizabeth Taylor's
fame?"-Hilton Als, NewYorker.com "Of real interest is that Burton
was almost as good a writer as an actor, read as many as three
books a day, haunted bookstores in every city he set foot in,
bought countless books on every conceivable subject and evaluated
them rather shrewdly. . . . Apt writing abounds."-John Simon, New
York Times Book Review Irresistibly magnetic on stage, mesmerizing
in movies, seven times an Academy Award nominee, Richard Burton
rose from humble beginnings in Wales to become Hollywood's most
highly paid actor and one of England's most admired Shakespearean
performers. His epic romance with Elizabeth Taylor, his legendary
drinking and story-telling, his dazzling purchases (enormous
diamonds, a jet, homes on several continents), and his enormous
talent kept him constantly in the public eye. Yet the man behind
the celebrity facade carried a surprising burden of insecurity and
struggled with the peculiar challenges of a life lived largely in
the spotlight. This volume publishes Burton's extensive personal
diaries in their entirety for the first time. His writings
encompass many years-from 1939, when he was still a teenager, to
1983, the year before his death-and they reveal him in his most
private moments, pondering his triumphs and demons, his loves and
his heartbreaks. The diary entries appear in their original
sequence, with annotations to clarify people, places, books, and
events Burton mentions. From these hand-written pages emerges a
multi-dimensional man, no mere flashy celebrity. While Burton
touched shoulders with shining lights-among them Olivia de
Havilland, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, John
Huston, Dylan Thomas, and Edward Albee-he also played the real-life
roles of supportive family man, father, husband, and highly
intelligent observer. His diaries offer a rare and fresh
perspective on his own life and career, and on the glamorous
decades of the mid-twentieth century.
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