Deirdre Bair is een gevierde biografe wiens werk diepgaande inzichten biedt in het leven en de geest van uitzonderlijke individuen. Haar meesterlijke vertelkunst trekt lezers mee in de complexiteit van de menselijke psychologie en het creatieve proces. Bair richt zich op het ontrafelen van de motivaties en filosofieën van haar onderwerpen, waarbij ze niet alleen portretten creëert, maar ook diepgaande literaire analyses. Haar werken worden gewaardeerd om hun precisie, verhalende kracht en vermogen om de essentiële krachten te onthullen die de levens en nalatenschappen van belangrijke kunstenaars en denkers vormgeven.
Freud's 'crown prince', Carl Gustav Jung eventually abandoned Freud's theory to form his own. As Freud's influence has waned, Jung's ideas have gained currency. This biography considers his life and ideas, exploring the accusations of anti-Semitism and misogyny by examining his own writings.
This definitive biography is based on five years of interviews with de Beauvoir, and is written with her full cooperation. Bair penetrates the mystique of this brilliant and often paradoxical woman, who has been called one of the great minds of the 20th century, and surely, one of the most famously unconventional figures of her generation. "As a reference work . . . Simone de Beauvoir can be considered definitive."--The Atlantic. 16-page photographic insert.
At the height of Prohibition, Al Capone loomed large as Public Enemy Number One: his multimillion-dollar Chicago Outfit dominated organized crime, and law enforcement was powerless to stop him. But then came the fall: a legal noose tightened by the FBI, a conviction on tax evasion, a stint in Alcatraz. After his release, he returned to his family in Miami a much diminished man, living quietly until the ravages of his neurosyphilis took their final toll. Our shared fascination with Capone endures in countless novels and movies, but the man behind the legend has remained a mystery. Now, through rigorous research and exclusive access to Capone’s family, National Book Award–winning biographer Deirdre Bair cuts through the mythology, uncovering a complex character who was flawed and cruel but also capable of nobility. At once intimate and iconoclastic, Al Capone gives us the definitive account of a quintessentially American figure.
This biography explores Anais Nin's intellectual and sexual life, utilizing unpublished archives and diary entries. It reveals her lifelong quest for respect as a writer and how this journey led to a complex and often confusing way of life.
Award-winning biographer Deirdre Bair explores her fifteen remarkable years in Paris with Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, painting intimate new portraits of two literary giants.