In one of her most ambitious works, Joyce Carol Oates reimagines the inner, poetic, and spiritual life of Norma Jean Baker - the child, the woman, the fated celebrity - in Norma Jeane's own voice. This most intimate portrait reveals a fragile, indiosyncratically gifted young woman who makes and remakes her identity, ever managing to survive against crushing odds to become the definition of stardom... Blonde is a sweeping novel about the elusive magic of a woman, the lasting legacy of a star, and the heartbreak behind the creation of the most evocative icon of the twentieth century.
Details
ISBN: 9780060934934
ISBN: 0060196076
ISBN: 9780062968456
Physical Description:xix, 738 pages ; 23 cm
Edition:First Ecco paperback edition.
Publisher:New York, New York Ecco an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, [2020]
General Note: First Ecco edition published in 2001. Reissue published in 2009.Grimsby's copy is the 20th Anniversary edition with an introduction by Elaine Showalter.