On the Wing by Nora Sayre - ISBN: 9781582432144
Paperback
When Nora Sayre arrived in London in the 1950s, she quickly joined a circle of artists, many of them blacklisted Americans. This is her account of an extraordinary group of people - Graham Greene, Oona and Charlie Chaplin, Tyrone Power, Cyril Connolly, A.J. Liebling and many more.

On the Wing

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  • Paperback

    236 pages

  • Release Date

    13 June 2002

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Summary

On the Wing is an enthralling account of a young woman’s life abroad during her early twenties. A footloose romantic, Nora Sayre traveled to discover herself as well as to explore unknown countries, and she has written a book of beginnings and dramatic situations- a series of surprises which will startle her readers too. The London that Sayre came to know was a dynamic international city at a time of ferment in the arts.A superb cultural historian, Sayre shows the connections between private …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781582432144
ISBN-10:1582432147
Author:Nora Sayre
Publisher:Counterpoint
Imprint:Counterpoint
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:236
Release Date:13 June 2002
Weight:259g
Dimensions:215mm x 139mm
About The Author

Nora Sayre

Nora Clemens Sayre was an American film critic and essayist. She was a reviewer of films for The New York Times in the 1970s, and, from 1981, a writing teacher at Columbia University for many years.

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