Thing of Beauty：The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia

图书标准信息

• 作者 Stephen Fried 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster US
• 出版时间 1994-08
• ISBN 9780671701055
• 定价 69.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Atageseventeen,GiaCarangiwasworkingthecounteratherfather'sPhiladelphialuncheonette,HoagieCity.Withinayear,Giawasoneofthetopmodelsofthelate1970's,gracingthecoversofCosmopolitanandVogue,partyingatNewYork'sStudio54andtheMuddClub,andredefiningtheindustry'sstandardofbeauty.Shewasthedarlingofmogulsandmoviestars,royaltyandrockers.Giawasalsoagirlinpain,desperateforhermother'sapproval--andadrugaddictonatragicslidetowardoblivion,whostartedgoingdirectlyfrom$10,000-a-dayfashionshootstotheheroinshootinggalleriesonNewYork'sLowerEastSide.Finallyblackballedfrommodeling,GiaenteredavastlydifferentworldonthestreetsofNewyorkandAtlanticCity,andlaterinarehabclinic.Attwenty-six,shebecameonofthefirstwomeninAmericatodieofAIDS,ahospitalwelfarecasevisitedonlybyrehabfriendsandwhatremainedofherfamily.

DrawingonhundredsofinterviewswithGia'sgamily,lovers,friends,andcolleagues,"ThingofBeauty"createsapoignantportraitofanunforgettablecharacter--andapowerfulnarrativeaboutbeautyandsexuality,fameandobjectification,mothersanddaughters,loveanddeath.

【作者简介】

StephenFriedisaSeniorWriteratPhiladelphiaMagazine.HisworkhasalsoappearedinVanityFair,GQ,andtheWashingtonPostMagazine.Awinnerofa1993NationalMagazineAward,theDistinguishedServiceAwardforMagazineReportingfromtheSocietyofProfessionalJournalists,andtheClarionAwardfromWomeninCommunications,helivesinPhiladelphiawithhiswifeDianeAyres,afictionwriter.

【目录】

Prologue
1. Family Matters
2. The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
3. Suffragette City
4. Mr. Maurice Reinvents Himself
5. Go-See
6. Ciao for Now
7. Model War Zone
8. Callback
9. This Year's Girl
10. Sustained Fabulousness
11. Life During Wartime
12. Bubblegum Habit
13. Bad Girls
14. The Conquered Heroine
15. Under the Boardwalk
16. Rehab
17. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
18. Beautiful Friend, The End
Epilogue
Appendix: Names & Fates
Acknowledgments & Afterstuff
Index