No Regrets

The Life of Edith Piaf

Carolyn Burke

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Bloomsbury
01 May 2012

Music: styles & genres; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

A FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY OF SINGING LEGEND EDITH PIAF

‘This engaging life of the diminutive French singer makes you appreciate anew what a magician she was' - Sunday Times

‘Fascinating ... Burke vividly depicts the rollercoaster of Piaf's life' - Mail on Sunday

'Concise and compelling ... poised, persuasive and powerful - like the sparrow herself' - Daily Telegraph

'A clear-eyed portrait of an unflinching artist' - New Statesman

Edith Piaf was one of the most greatly loved singers of the twentieth century. From the start of her exceptional career in the 1930s, her waif-like form and heart-wrenching voice endeared her first to the French, then to audiences around the globe.

As she moved from her youth singing in the streets to the glamour of the Paris music-halls, Piaf formed lasting friendships with such figures as Maurice Chevalier, Jean Cocteau and Marlene Dietrich; she wrote many of her own songs, aided the Resistance in the Second World War, and mentored younger singers like Yves Montand and Charles Aznavour. Yet her path to stardom was full of tragedies - the death of her daughter in infancy; the death of Marcel Cerdan, her greatest love, in a plane crash; her many illnesses, affairs and addictions, all of which nourished her passionate performances and strengthened her enduring bond with audiences.

In this mesmerising, definitive new biography Carolyn Burke gives us Piaf in her own time and place, illuminating through sympathetic readings of sources hitherto unavailable both the charm and the pathos of the ‘Little Sparrow' who enchanted generations and still enthralls us today.

By: Carolyn Burke
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781408822159
ISBN 10: 1408822156
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 May 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=2774

Carolyn Burke was born in Australia. The author of Becoming Modern, The Life of Mina Loy, and Lee Miller, she lives in Santa Cruz, California and spends as much time as she can in Paris.

Reviews for No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf

'This engaging life of the diminutive French singer makes you appreciate anew what a magician she was' Sunday Times 'Fascinating ... Burke vividly depicts the rollercoaster of Piaf's life' Mail on Sunday 'Concise and compelling [...] No Regrets is poised, persuasive and powerful - like the sparrow herself' Daily Telegraph 'A clear-eyed portrait of an unflinching artist' New Statesman