My Name is Barbra

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<p><b>A <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER and <i>THE TIMES </i>MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023. The exhilarating and startlingly honest autobiography of the living legend.</b><br><br><b>'Glorious, exuberant, chatty and candid</b>, a 970-page victory lap past all who ever doubted, diminished or dissed her . . . generous dollops of chutzpah ... Nobody puts Barbra in the corner' <i>New York Times</i><br><br><b>'A fascinating read</b>... Streisand writes relatively succinctly, with warmth and wit. Behind the sequins, beneath the wigs and through the glass of the recording studio, there's just a woman who dreamed of being famous and make it happen, on her terms<b>. It's an accomplished and entrancing walk through a life well lived'</b> <i>Evening Standard</i><br><br>'<b>The mother of all memoirs'</b> <i>New Yorker</i><br><br><b>Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment.</b><br><br>She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognisable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with <i>Yentl</i> she became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major motion picture.<br><br>In <i>My Name Is Barbra</i>, she tells her own story about her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making appearances in New York nightclubs to her breakout performance in <i>Funny Girl</i> (musical and film) to the long string of successes in every medium in the years that followed.<br><br>She recounts her early struggles to become an actress, eventually turning to singing to earn a living; the recording of some of her acclaimed albums; the years of effort involved in making <i>Yentl</i>; her direction of <i>The Prince of Tides</i>; her friendships with figures ranging from Marlon Brando to Madeleine Albright; her political advocacy; and the fulfillment sh

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529136906

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

235 x 155 x 58 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd