Description
Discover the enchanting world of Slow Days, Fast Company, a captivating book by Eve Babitz that immerses readers in the vibrant landscape of 1960s and '70s Los Angeles. This BRAND NEW trade paperback edition is published by Random House US, featuring 184 pages of evocative storytelling that transports you to a bygone era where glamour and chaos intertwined. Babitz, known for her dazzling persona and her unforgettable charm, recounts her experiences mingling with the stars and socialites of LA, painting a vivid picture of a city alive with beauty, longing, and complicated relationships. Each of the ten sketches captures unique aspects of Southern California life, from sun-drenched days to drug-fueled nights. You'll meet iconic figures from the film industry, face the surreal anxieties of soap-opera stars, and witness the allure of memorable women who rival Babitz herself. This book not only serves as a mesmerizing tribute to a legendary lifestyle but also explores deep themes of love and identity. Perfect for fans of California history and anyone seeking to understand the weight of nostalgia, Slow Days, Fast Company is a must-have addition to your bookshelf. Order now to revel in Babitz's astute observations and intoxicating prose that seduces the senses and stirs the imagination. Fast shipping ensures your copy arrives quickly so you can dive into this literary treasure right away.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781681370088
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2016
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Pages: 184
Description:
No one burned hotter than Eve Babitz. Possessing skin that radiated "its own kind of moral laws," spectacular teeth, and a figure that was the stuff of legend, she seduced seemingly everyone who was anyone in Los Angeles for a long stretch of the 1960s and '70s. One man proved elusive, however, and so Babitz did what she did best, she wrote him a book. Slow Days, Fast Company is a full-fledged and full-bodied evocation of a bygone Southern California that far exceeds its mash-note premise. In ten sun-baked, Santa Ana wind-swept sketches, Babitz re-creates a Los Angeles of movie stars distraught over their success, socialites on three-day drug binges holed up in the Chateau Marmont, soap-opera actors worried that tomorrow's script will kill them off, Italian femmes fatales even more fatal than Babitz. And she even leaves LA now and then, spending an afternoon at the house of flawless Orange County suburbanites, a day among the grape pickers of the Central Valley, a weekend in Palm Springs where her dreams of romance fizzle and her only solace is Virginia Woolf. In the end it doesn't matter if Babitz ever gets the guy-she seduces us.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781681370088
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2016
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Pages: 184
Description:
No one burned hotter than Eve Babitz. Possessing skin that radiated "its own kind of moral laws," spectacular teeth, and a figure that was the stuff of legend, she seduced seemingly everyone who was anyone in Los Angeles for a long stretch of the 1960s and '70s. One man proved elusive, however, and so Babitz did what she did best, she wrote him a book. Slow Days, Fast Company is a full-fledged and full-bodied evocation of a bygone Southern California that far exceeds its mash-note premise. In ten sun-baked, Santa Ana wind-swept sketches, Babitz re-creates a Los Angeles of movie stars distraught over their success, socialites on three-day drug binges holed up in the Chateau Marmont, soap-opera actors worried that tomorrow's script will kill them off, Italian femmes fatales even more fatal than Babitz. And she even leaves LA now and then, spending an afternoon at the house of flawless Orange County suburbanites, a day among the grape pickers of the Central Valley, a weekend in Palm Springs where her dreams of romance fizzle and her only solace is Virginia Woolf. In the end it doesn't matter if Babitz ever gets the guy-she seduces us.