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I>, which have been read and performed countless times across the
world. His memoir,
Timebends
, shows that the life of the man is as compelling as his plays. With
passion, wit and candour, Miller recalls his childhood in Harlem and
Brooklyn in the 1920s and the Depression; his successes and failures in
the theatre and in Hollywood; the formation of his political beliefs
that, two decades later, brought him into confrontations with the House
Committee of Un-American Activities; and his later work on behalf of
human rights as the president of PEN International.
He writes with astonishing perception and tenderness of Marilyn Monroe,
his second wife, as well as the host of famous and infamous that have
intersected with his adventurous life. Timebends
is Miller's love letter to the twentieth century: its energy, its
humour, its chaos and moral struggles. I>, and All My SonsDeath of
a Salesman, The Crucible<
The personality revealed by this fine autobiography
is wholly admirable Anthony Burgess A book and a half. Arthur Miller
is that very rare bird; a truly independent man. His autobiography is
a beautifully structured narrative: tough, very moving, a political
testimony of considerable force Harold Pinter The personality revealed
by this fine autobiography is wholly admirable. Miller did more than
fracture the American dream and interpret the American nightmare: he
dared to enter the fire that surrounded the most potent sexual myth of
the century Anthony Burgess As wise and witty and funny and brave as
any of his plays ... Surely one of the great stories of our time Louis
Auchincloss Arthur Miller's achievement in this book is to fuse the
rhetorical power of his drama with the steely integrity of his life.
The result is something pretty close to a masterpiece Sean French
I>, which have been read and performed countless times
across the world. His memoir, Timebends, shows that the life of
the man is as compelling as his plays. With passion, wit and candour,
Miller recalls his childhood in Harlem and Brooklyn in the 1920s and
the Depression; his successes and failures in the theatre and in
Hollywood; the formation of his political beliefs that, two decades
later, brought him into confrontations with the House Committee of
Un-American Activities; and his later work on behalf of human rights
as the president of PEN International.
He writes with astonishing perception and tenderness of Marilyn
Monroe, his second wife, as well as the host of famous and infamous
that have intersected with his adventurous life. Timebends is
Miller's love letter to the twentieth century: its energy, its humour,
its chaos and moral struggles. I>, and All My SonsDeath of a
Salesman, The Crucible<
