Timebends

De: Arthur Miller

Narrado por: Peter Marinker

Duración: 32 h y 48 m

Resumen del Editor

Arthur Miller's plays have held the world's stages for almost half a century. Among them are Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and All My Sons, which have been read and performed countless times across the world. His memoir, Timebends, shows that the life of the man is as compelling as his plays.

With passion, wit and candour, Miller recalls his childhood in Harlem and Brooklyn in the 1920s and the Depression; his successes and failures in the theatre and in Hollywood; the formation of his political beliefs that, two decades later, brought him into confrontations with the House Committee of Un-American Activities; and his later work on behalf of human rights as the president of PEN International.

He writes with astonishing perception and tenderness of Marilyn Monroe, his second wife, as well as the host of famous and infamous that have intersected with his adventurous life. Timebends is Miller's love letter to the 20th century: its energy, its humour, its chaos and moral struggles.

©2012 Arthur Miller (P)2019 Audible, Ltd

Simply the best book I've ever read.

One is tempted to categorize an opinion about a book, best this or best that. The depth of Miller's experience and ability to perceive and express it goes far beyond anything I have known--or even imagined. Yet, it's familiar. In these times of abject superficiality and fleeting fad and "greatness," Miller represents all that is timeless--dare I say sacred about being human, about the human condition. I am tearful, not sure why. Maybe because I fear I'll never find another experience outside love itself as moving, as beautiful. To quote, " . . . but the truth, the first truth, probably, is that we are all connected, watching one another. Even the trees."

A truly absorbing autobiography by one of America’s most important playwrights

I enjoyed reading about Miller’s origins and development into the important theater voice he became. Of course I had an ogling fascination with how he and Marilyn Monroe ever became a couple, but that turned out to be a far more poignant story than I expected.
His thoughts all the way along about the human cost of capitalism and his later concerns with the threats and hopes for the American future are well worth ready.
Quite well narrated by Peter Marinker. You forget that it is not actually Miller’s own voice.
Highly recommend