by Géraldine Maillet · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246852131
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«Splendour» is the novel by Géraldine Maillet, published by Bernard Grasset in paperback (150 pages, in French).
The novel reconstructs the last hours of Natalie Wood, the actress who died in 1981 after falling from the yacht Splendour, and traces in a monologue her career in classic Hollywood, her relationships and her downfall. Maillet combines sex, alcohol and glamour in an intimate portrait of a celebrated, intense and desolate woman.
The work belongs to the collection «Ceci n'est pas un fait divers», directed by Jérôme Béglé; the subtitle of the edition is «roman».
For those seeking novels that blend biography and fiction around classic Hollywood and its tragic figures.
