Katharine Hepburn

With a characteristic gusto and candour, Katharine Hepburn reflects on her childhood and youthful misadventures. She tells us about the ups and downs of her career, her early experience in the theatre and her rise to stardom. She describes her warm and sometimes stormy relationships with David Lean, George Cukor, Howard Hughes, Leland Hayward, Cary Grant and Louis B. Mayer, among others. And in a book that is pervaded with love love of parents, love of family, being loved and loving she tells us about the love of her life: Spencer Tracy.

A NEW YORK TIMES Notable Book of the Year In her book about her life, Miss Hepburn insists that that woman in the movies was not her at all. Im not going to hide behind you anymore, she says. Who are you anyway? Youre not me. Sure she is. The woman in the book is cocky, fearless, smart, capable, and human, on screen and off.Anna Quindlen, The New York TimesAdmired and beloved by movie audiences for more than sixty years, four-time Academy Award winner Katharine Hepburn is an American classic and an extraordinary, enduring presence on the international cultural scene. Yet her private life has been obscured by mystery. Now Miss Hepburn breaks her long-kept silence in this absorbing and provocative memoir.With characteristic gusto and candor, Katharine Hepburn reflects on the events, people, and places that have shaped her lifeher childhood and family, her early days in New York, and her experiences with political activism. She talks about the ups and downs of her career, her long friendship with Spencer Tracy, and of course, her close collaborations with several of the leading actors, directors, and producers of the past half century. Me is an unforgettable portrait of Katharine Hepburn as we have not seen her before.It is the understanding heart revealed just before the final curtain that makes us fall in love with Katharine Hepburn.The New York Times Book ReviewNOTE: This edition does not include photographs.

El mito que se creó alrededor del rodaje de la película La Reina de África (John Huston, 1951) es digno de la fama que le precede.La sucesión de anécdotas, casi inverosímiles, ha dado para ensayos, novelas e incluso guiones que han materializado en otras peliculas. Todos estos relatos coinciden en destacar a su director, John Huston, como el centro neuralgico de todo lo que alli paso, y asi lo recuerda Khatarine Hepburn en este libro. Alla por el año 1986, Freya Manston, agente literario y amiga de Katharine Hepburn, le sugirio escribir, a modo de prueba, un libro corto en el que contase su experiencia en el rodaje de La reina de Africa. El libro llego a ocupar el 7º puesto en la lista de los mas vendidos del New York Times.En Hatari Books queremos rendir homenaje a la mitica pelicula, que en 2026 cumple 75 años, de la mano de la actriz mas importante de la historia de Hollywood, Katharine Hepburn. Asi publicamos una nueva edicion de este ya mitico libro de cine, con nueva traduccion y acompañada de una coleccion fotografica ampliada, la cual tiene un alto porcentaje de fotografias de la coleccion de la mitica revista LIFE.