| | Autor: | Vidal, Gore | | Titel: | Die Sirene von Babylon | | Verlag: | Heyne TB | | Ort: | München | | Jahr: | 1979 | | Auflage: | | | Signatur: | V 008 | | Link: | | | Reihe/Untertitel: | | | Aufstellung: | | | Biographie aufgestellt unter: | | | Suchgebiet: | | | Erstauflage: | 1974 | | dt. Erstauflage: | | | ISBN: | 3 453 00938 X | | Bemerkungen: | | | Originaltitel: | Myron | | Verlagsangaben: | Fernsehen ist gefährlich. Zumindest für Myron. Eines Nachts schaut er sich den Film "Sirene von Babylon" an und fällt plötzlich durch den Bildschirm. Er findet sich im Jahre 1948 wieder, bei den Dreharbeiten zu eben deisem Film.
Und Myron hat ein bewegtes Vorleben. Myra Breckinridge, skandalumwitterte Heldin des gleichnamigen Erfolgsromans von Gore Vidal, war mitsamt ihren vielgerühmten Brüsten bei einem Autounfall zerfetzt worden. Sie ist als Myron Reckinridge auferstanden.
Myron führt (kraft und dank Transplantation) als ganzer Mann ein wohlgeordnetes Leben. Bis Myra, sein zweites Ich, sich zu rächen beginnt. Denn auch Myra lebt. | | Angaben zu Autorin/Autor: | Gore Vidal was born in late 1925 to Gene Vidal, an aeronautics instructor at West Point, and his wife Nina. The Vidals endured a rocky marriage, and eventually divorced ten years after Gore's birth. Young Gore spent much of his childhood with his blind grandfather, Senator T.P. Gore of Oklahoma, and later became the stepbrother-in-law of one major US politician when his mother Nina married Jacqueline Kennedy's stepfather, Hugh Auchincloss (he would also become a cousin of former Vice President Al Gore). After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy, Gore joined the US Army Reserve in 1943. Some of his Army experiences inspired his first novel, "Williwaw", which was published when he was just 19 (He dedicated the novel to "J.T.", a deceased friend from prep school). Subsequent novels would prominently feature gay male characters, and Gore found soon found his books had staying power on bestseller lists. In 1960, he (unsuccessfully) ran for Congress, backed by celebrity supporters, such as Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward (another unsuccessful foray into politics would occur in 1982). In addition to being an accomplished writer, he is also a novice actor (his biggest roles to date are in "Gattaca", "Bob Roberts", and "With Honors").
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