EAN: 9780525559078

LEADING MEN - CHRISTOPHER CASTELLANI KARTONIERT...

An expansive yet intimate story of desire  artistic ambition  and fidelity  set in the
glamorous literary and film circles of 1950s ItalyIn July of 1953  at a glittering party thrown
by Truman Capote in Portofino  Italy  Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo
meet Anja Blomgren  a mysterious young Swedish beauty and aspiring actress. Their encounter
will go on to alter all of their lives.Ten years later  Frank revisits the tempestuous events
of that fateful summer from his deathbed in Manhattan  where he waits anxiously for Tennessee
to visit him one final time. Anja  now legendary film icon Anja Bloom  lives as a recluse in
present-day America  until a young man connected to the events of 1953 lures her reluctantly
back into the spotlight after he discovers she possesses the only copy of an unknown
play--Tennessee's last.What keeps two people together and what breaks them apart? Can we save
someone else if we can't save ourselves? With emotional clarity and grace  Leading Men
seamlessly weaves fact and fiction to navigate the tensions between public figures and their
private lives. In an ultimately heartbreaking story about the burdens of fame and the complex
negotiations of life in the shadows of greatness  Castellani creates an unforgettable leading
lady in Anja Bloom and reveals the hidden machinery of one of the great literary love stories
of the twentieth-century.

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