The world-famous French singer Édith Piaf (1915-63) was never just a singer. This book suggests new ways of understanding her, her myth and her meanings over time at home and abroad, by proposing the notion of an 'imagined' Piaf.
Dozens of biographies of her, of variable quality, have seldom got beyond the well known and usually contested 'facts' of her life. This book suggests new ways of understanding her.
Comment ne pas pleurer quand on écoute Edith Piaf ? La regarder vivre dans ces pages, la comprendre peut-être ? Disparue il y a cinquante ans déjà. C'était hier. Elle...
Au-delà de toute mythologie – l’enfance pauvre à Belleville, sainte Thérèse lui redonnant la vue qu’elle avait perdue, l’usage de la morphine, ses nombreuses histoires d’amours avec Cerdan, Montand, Moustaki, etc. –, Albert ...
Au-delà de toute mythologie – l’enfance pauvre à Belleville, sainte Thérèse lui redonnant la vue qu’elle avait perdue, l’usage de la morphine, ses nombreuses histoires d’amours avec Cerdan, Montand, Moustaki, etc. –, Albert ...
The legend stemming from the imagination of a journalist, and maintained by Piaf, gave birth to her on 19 December 1915 in Paris, at 72, rue de Belleville, in the 20th arrondissement, according to the plaque affixed to the house located at ...
La voix d’Édith Piaf est célèbre dans le monde entier. Pourtant, c’est dans les ruelles de Belleville qu’a débuté le destin digne d’un roman de la petite Édith. La voix...
The legend stemming from the imagination of a journalist, and maintained by Piaf, gave birth to her on 19 December 1915 in Paris, at 72, rue de Belleville, in the 20th arrondissement, according to the plaque affixed to the house located at ...
The world-famous French singer Édith Piaf (1915-63) was never just a singer. This book suggests new ways of understanding her, her myth and her meanings over time at home and abroad, by proposing the notion of an ‘imagined’ Piaf.