First published as a signed Collector’s Edition, now available in an unlimited edition
Gay Talese. Phil Stern. Frank Sinatra Has a Cold
Hardcover with one fold-out, 9.3 x 13.1 in., 4.14 lb, 250 pages
US$ 70
Gay Talese’s crystalline portrait of Frank Sinatra combined faithful fact with vivid storytelling in a triumph of New Journalism. It is now published alongside notes and correspondence from the author’s archives and photographs from Phil Stern—the only photographer granted access to Sinatra over an extraordinary four decade period.
First published as a signed Collector’s Edition, now available in an unlimited edition
First published as a signed Collector’s Edition, now available in an unlimited edition
Customer reviews (2)
Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back
Gay Talese’s New Journalism triumph, Frank Sinatra Has a Cold
“Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel—only worse. For the common cold robs Sinatra of that uninsurable jewel, his voice, cutting into the core of his confidence.” — Gay TaleseIn the winter of 1965, writer Gay Talese set out for Los Angeles with an assignment from Esquire to write a major profile on Frank Sinatra. When he arrived, he found the singer and his vigilant entourage on the defensive: Sinatra was under the weather, not available, and not willing to be interviewed.
Undeterred, Talese stayed, believing Sinatra might recover and reconsider, and used the meantime to observe the star and to interview his friends, associates, family members, and hangers-on. Sinatra never did grant the one-on-one, but Talese’s tenacity paid off: his profile Frank Sinatra Has a Cold went down in history as a tour de force of literary nonfiction and the advent of the New Journalism.
In this illustrated edition, Frank Sinatra Has a Cold is published with an introduction by Talese, reproductions of his manuscript pages, and correspondence. Interwoven are photographs from the legendary lens of Phil Stern, the only photographer granted access to Sinatra over four decades, as well as from top photojournalists of the ’60s, including John Bryson, John Dominis, and Terry O’Neill. The photographs complement Talese’s character study, painting an incisive portrait of Sinatra in the recording studio, on location, out on the town, and with the eponymous cold, which reveals as much about a singular star persona as it does about the Hollywood machine.
Gay Talese. Phil Stern. Frank Sinatra Has a Cold
Hardcover with one fold-out, 9.3 x 13.1 in., 4.14 lb, 250 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-7618-5
Edition: English
Edition: English
Customer reviews (2)
Sinatra tan lejos , tan cerca
Jaime, October 27, 2021
Obra seminal del nuevo periodismo el brillante artículo de Gay Talese “Sinatra has a cold” encuentra en esta lujosa edición de Taschen un hábitat perfecto entre grandiosas imágenes del artista realizadas por Phil Stern. Lo que el periodista no consiguió – el acceso directo al cantante para la redacción del artículo – lo tuvo sin límites Stern para entregarnos las mejores instantáneas de Frank que redondean esta obra donde literatura y fotografía con mayúsculas se dan la mano.
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Ulrike, October 27, 2021
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