JANE BIRKIN

Birkin's diary entries ultimately expose the toxic reality behind one of the 20th century's most glamorous couples' Sunday TimesJane Birkin - actor, singer, songwriter and model - attained international fame with her decade-long musical and personal relationship with Serge Gainsbourg that featured their internationally controversial hit song 'Je t'aime...moi no plus'. She has also enjoyed a notable career as a movie actress in Blow-Up, Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun.Munkey Diaries re-creates the flamboyant era of Swinging London and Saint-Germain-des-Pres in the 1970s, and lets us into the everyday life of an exceptional woman. There are intimate revelations about Jane's tumultuous life with her first husband, the composer John Barry, and her romantic and professional collaboration with Gainsbourg, as well as keen insights into a working life as an actor, singer and songwriter.

« J’ai écrit mon journal à partir de 11 ans, adressé à Munkey, mon confident, ce singe en peluche, gagné dans une tombola. Il a dormi à mes côtés, il a partagé ma vie avec John, Serge, Jacques, il a

« J’ai écrit mon journal à partir de 11 ans, adressé à Munkey, mon confident, ce singe en peluche, gagné dans une tombola. Il a dormi à mes côtés, il a partagé ma vie avec John, Serge, Jacques, il a

Solo un destino parecía aguardar a una niña nacida en el seno de la alta burguesía británica: esperar la llegada de la mayoría de edad para ser presentada en sociedad y arreglar un buen matrimonio. Pero Jane Birkin escapo a el cuando la pelicula de Antonioni Blow-Up la convirtio en musa del Swinging London y la llevo en 1968 a un Paris que se preparaba para la revolucion. Alli conoceria al musico Serge Gainsbourg, con el que emprenderia una historia de amor convertida en leyenda.Un recorrido volcado en estos diarios en los que Birkin rememora su vida hasta 1982, año en que decide romper su relacion con Gainsbourg para emprender un nuevo camino. Un recorrido jalonado por discos, peliculas, fiestas, viajes y escandalos planetarios, como el provocado por Jet'aime... moi non plus, la cancion que la convertiria en figura iconica de la Francia de los setenta. Pero tambien por la sombra de la depresion y la muerte, que terminaria cambiandolo todo.Traduccion Felipe Cabrerizo.

« Post-scriptum, c’est le démarrage d’une autre vie. C’est le début de ma vie avec Lou… de mon union avec Jacques Doillon… Kate qui était enfant dans le premier tome est maintenant teenager, Charlott

Birkins diary entries ultimately expose the toxic reality behind one of the 20th centurys most glamorous couplesSunday TimesJane Birkin - actor, singer, songwriter and model - may have shot to worldwide fame through her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg and their controversial hit Je taime ... moi non plus, but it would be her wide-ranging acting career and effortless Gallic cool that was to truly cement her legacy as an enduring international icon. In Munkey Diaries, the first volume of Birkins diaries, were transported to the flamboyant world of London in the Swinging Sixties and Saint-Germain-des-Pres in the 1970s. There are intimate revelations about Janes tumultuous life with her first husband, the composer John Barry, and her romantic and professional collaboration with Gainsbourg, as well as keen insights into her working life as an actor, singer and songwriter.Far from an ordinary memoir, Munkey Diaries offers a unique window into the early life and loves of an extraordinary woman.