by Kirk Douglas · Rizzoli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817533775
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«Il figlio del venditore di stracci» is the autobiography of Kirk Douglas, published by Rizzoli in paperback (464 pages, in Italian).
Kirk Douglas, born Issur Danielovitch Demsky, recalls his childhood as the son of an illiterate Russian-Jewish immigrant who sold rags and scrap metal. That poor, hard childhood, he maintains, marked his entire life: his decisions as an actor, his role as a father, and his way of understanding himself as a man. The account extends to his time as a Hollywood star.
The subtitle is «Una vita come un film». The original English title is «The Ragman's Son». The Italian Rizzoli edition is from 1989.
For readers interested in biographies of classic Hollywood stars and stories of personal overcoming.
Kirk Douglas was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 films and was known for his explosive acting style. He was named by the American Film Institute the 17th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema.
