Neobyčejný život obyčejného muže – Newman Paul (2024)

The rediscovered memoirs of perhaps the greatest movie star of our time. A man whom many admired, but few truly knew. "This book came from the desire to explain everything to my children. I want to leave behind some record that sets the record straight, disrupts the myths that have arisen around me, destroys some legends, and keeps the piranhas at a respectful distance. Something that would accurately capture the time I spent on this planet. Because what exists in the records now has nothing to do with the truth. That's all I'm after." —Paul Newman In 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, embarked on an ambitious project. Stern was to compile an oral history and ask Newman’s family, friends, and those who worked closely with him to recount the actor's life. Newman would then collaborate with Stern to offer his version of the story. The only condition was that anyone who spoke on record had to be completely honest. The same condition applied to Newman himself. The project lasted five years. The result is an extraordinary memoir, selected from thousands of pages of transcripts that were only recently rediscovered. Newman's voice is sometimes humorous, sometimes painful, but always...