Eclipse: An Autobiography

By: Hugues De Montalembert and David Noakes

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Synopsis: Up until 1978, the author, a French count by birth, was a painter. He travelled extensively working on documentary films such as I A Dancer about Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. He took a deep interest in the culture of the countries he visited: the harlem voodoo in West Africa and Indonesian music in Bali. On May 25th 1978, when returning to his apartment in New York from a Greenwich Village coffee-house, he was met by two intruders who threw caustic solution in his face. At the age of thirty-five he was blinded for life. Hugues de Montalembert is currently based in Rome although he continues to travel between Europe, America and South East Asia. The French edition of ECLIPSE became a bestseller when it was published in 1982 and the author is currently working on his second book.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 241 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780340407790
Publisher:: Sceptre
Date of Addition:: 02/26/04
Copyrighted By:: Viking Penguin Inc.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs
Submitted By:: Ellen Mehling
Proofread By:: Ellen Mehling
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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