Marlon Brando

Las canciones que mi madre me enseñó, escrita con la colaboración de Robert Lindsey, corresponsal del New York Times, es un libro absorbente, conmovedor y divertido, apasionante y autocrítico, la verdad sobre la vida y la carrera tanto dentro como fuera del cine de uno de los mas grandes actores de nuestro tiempo.

El mítico Marlon Brando, acaso el más grande actor cinematográfico, el más camaleónico y paradójico, ha decidido contar la historia de su tumultuosa vida privada, sus amantes de uno y otro sexo, sus opiniones politicas& con la voluntad de explicar de una vez por todas la verdad y deshacer falsos mitos y rumores. En este libro absorbente, conmovedor, divertido, apasionante y autocritico, Brando cuenta la verdad sobre su vida y su carrera como genial actor.

Anatole ''Annie'' Doultry is in his early 50s, a man of imposing physical presence and a reputation on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai. It is 1927, and while serving six months in a hellish Hong Kong prison he saves the life of a Chinese prisoner. The prisoner''s employer happens to be Madame Lai Choi San: beautiful, ruthless and shrewd, she is one of the most notorious gangsters in Asia. When Annie gets out of prison, she thanks him with an offer of inconceivable wealth if he will join her in the biggest act of piracy of her career. Madame Lai is a seductive and powerful ally, but Annie is about to discover that she can be an even more powerful-and dangerous-enemy. With his longtime collaborator, screenwriter and director Donald Cammell, Brando worked on this story for years. The result is a rollicking, swashbuckling delectable romp of a novel - the last surprise from an ever-surprising legend.

Durante años, Marlon Brando trabajó junto con su amigo, el guionista y director Donald Cammell en esta novela de aventuras en el mar a la manera clásica.Si duda, el carismático actor hubiera encarnado como nadie a su protagonista: Anatole, Annie Doultry, un singular aventurero de principios del siglo XX, cuya reputacion se extendia por todo el Mar de la China.

This is Marlon Brandos own story, and his reason for telling it is best revealed in his own words:I have always considered my life a private affair and the business of no one beyond my family and those I love. Except for moral and political issues that aroused in me a desire to speak out, I have done my utmost throughout my life, for the sake of my children and myself, to remain silent. . . . But now, in my seventieth year, I have decided to tell the story of my life as best I can, so that my children can separate the truth from the myths that others have created about me, as myths are created about everyone swept up in the turbulent and distorting maelstrom of celebrity in our culture.To date there have been over a dozen books written about Marlon Brando, and almost all of them have been inaccurate, based on hearsay, sensationalist or prurient in tone. Now, at last, fifty years after his first appearance onstage in New York City, the actor has told his life story, with the help of Robert Lindsey. The result is an extraordinary book, at once funny, moving, absorbing, ribald, angry, self-deprecating and completely frank account of the career, both on-screen and off, of the greatest actor of our time. Anyone who has ever enjoyed a Brando film will relish this book.Please note: this edition does not include photos.

Anatole Annie Doultry is in his early 50s, a man of imposing physical presence and a reputation on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai. In 1927, he is serving six months in a hellish Hong Kong prison when, on a whim, he saves the life of a Chinese prisoner.-The prisoners employer happens to be Madame Lai Choi San: beautiful, ruthless and shrewd, she is one of the most notorious gangsters in Asia. When Annie gets out of prison, she thanks him with an offer of inconceivable wealth if he will join her in the biggest act of piracy of her career. Madame Lai is a seductive and powerful ally, but Annie is about to discover that she can be an even more powerful-and dangerous-enemy.With his longtime collaborator, screenwriter and director Donald Cammell, Brando worked on this story for years. The result is a rollicking, swashbuckling delectable romp of a novel - the last surprise from an ever-surprising legend.