Now Taschen has paired Mailer`s original text with Bert Stern`s photographs from the legendary Last Sitting-widely considered the most intimate photographs of Monroe ever taken-to create a fitting tribute to the woman who, at the time of her death in 1962, was the world`s most famous, a symbol of glamour and eroticism for an entire generation. But though she was feted and adored by her public, her private life was that of a little girl lost, desperate to find love and security. Mailer`s Marilyn is beautiful, tragic, and complex. As Mailer reflects upon her life - from her bleak childhood through to the mysterious circumstances of her death - she emerges as a symbol of the bizarre decade during which she reigned as Hollywood`s greatest female star. This book, conceived by Lawrence Schiller, Mailer`s collaborator on five works, combines the author`s masterful text with Stern`s penetrating images of the 36-year-old Marilyn. Photographed for Vogue magazine over three days at the... ISBN:978-3-8365-3008-8
