{"product_id":"the-american-no-rupert-everett","title":"The American No (Rupert Everett)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rupert Everett is one of my favourite writers. He's brilliantly witty, acutely perceptive and highly sensitive, and his writing is incredibly good. His stories are both moving and tender, often outrageous, and funny too. A gifted storyteller' Santa Montefiore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEight stories of love and loss, drama and glamour, hope and rejection, from a writer at the height of his powers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Rupert Everett's first, glorious collection of stories, he takes us on an exhilarating journey with a cast of extraordinary characters. A blackly humorous story of a chaotic and emotional funeral in Paris. Oscar Wilde's last night in Paris, vividly evocative, unflinching and elegiac. A Russian-American countess who confronts sex and age in a Wiltshire teashop. The ferociously unforgiving life of an L.A. talent agency and the unexpected twist that launches a completely different kind of career. The deathbed confession of a woman who left home for 1850s India, never to return. A story of emigration, love and grief. And a beautifully evocative and touching portrayal of Proust's creative life and his childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliantly witty, funny and tender collection of stories that draws on the wealth of film and TV ideas Rupert Everett has created over the course of his career, \u003ci\u003eThe American No \u003c\/i\u003ewill delight and surprise his many fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A supremely gifted writer' Lynn Barber, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRupert Everett shot to fame with the film \u003ci\u003eAnother Country\u003c\/i\u003e in 1984 and has been a hugely successful actor and writer for many years. His films include \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of King George III\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMy Best Friend's Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eShrek II and III\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSt Trinian's\u003c\/i\u003e. His stage work includes playing Oscar Wilde in David Hare's \u003ci\u003eThe Judas Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), for which he won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play and was nominated for an OIivier Award. His first memoir, \u003ci\u003eRed Carpets and Other Banana Skins\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eVanished Years\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Sheridan Morley Prize for Biography. His film of Oscar Wilde's last years, \u003ci\u003eThe Happy Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2018 to widespread acclaim.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Print PDF, Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65838310162781,"sku":"K097672528","price":16.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9767252800001A.jpg?v=1788750071","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-american-no-rupert-everett","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}