Oriana Fallaci
The Journalist, the Agitator, the Legend
by Cristina De Stefano
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Pub Date Oct 17 2017 | Archive Date Oct 17 2017
Description
Oriana Fallaci is known for her uncompromising vision. To retrace Fallaci’s life is to retrace the course of history from World War II to 9/11.
As a child, Fallaci enlisted in the Italian Resistance alongside her father, and her hatred of fascism and authoritarian regimes remained strong throughout her life. Covering the entertainment industry early in her career, she created an original, abrasive interview style, focusing on her subjects’ emotions, contradictions, and facial expressions more than their words. When she grew bored with movie stars and directors, she turned her attention to the international political figures of the time—Khomeini, Gaddafi, Indira Gandhi, Kissinger—always placing herself front and center in the story. Also a war reporter working wherever there was conflict, she would provoke controversies that became news themselves.
With unprecedented access to personal records, Cristina De Stefano brings to life this remarkable woman whose groundbreaking work and torrid love affairs are not easily forgotten. Oriana Fallaci allows a new generation to discover her story and witness the passionate, unstinting journalism so urgently needed in these times of upheaval and uncertainty.
Advance Praise
“In Oriana Fallaci you will find everything that you expect to read...and also many unpublished discoveries...There is no doubt, however, that the romantic, tragic ,and absolute...Oriana Fallaci is the true revelation of Cristina De Stefano.” —Il Giornale
“Here is the book that those who loved Oriana Fallaci awaited...the first and only authorized biography of an icon of journalism, told starting from the private, with sensitivity, intelligence, and precision by Cristina De Stefano.” —Marie Claire (Italy)
"This is a terrific book about courage, ambition and old-fashioned Italian chutzpah. These are the qualities that made Oriana Fallaci one of the most celebrated journalists of her time. This is a compelling biography of a pioneer of journalistic fearlessness." —Charles Kaiser, author of The Cost of Courage
“This is a gripping account of the controversial Italian journalist's rise from schoolgirl Partisan courier to courageous war reporter, celebrated author and the world's most feared and admired interviewer. Cristina De Stefano brings to life all the public success and private struggles of a woman who battled her way to the top of a world shaped by men, taking on Henry Kissinger, Muammar Gaddafi, and Ayatollah Khomeini along the way. Oriana Fallaci is as vivid, bold and endlessly surprising as its subject.” —Rachel Aspden, author of Generation Revolution
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781590517864 |
| PRICE | $25.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 300 |
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