Overview
«Borra de un plumazo el resto de libros que hay sobre Warhol. Hacía tiempo que no leía algo tan monstruoso y divertido».
John Waters
Swimming Underground: Mis años en la Fábrica Warhol es el relato de Mary Woronov, superviviente del período de la Fábrica de Andy Warhol a finales de los años sesenta. Seducida por el glamour decadente de la escena que giraba en torno al artista, Woronov dejó la universidad, apareció en numerosas películas de serie B, actuó en varias ocasiones con The Velvet Underground y se sumergió en la cultura de la droga que imperaba en el Nueva York más marginal.
En este libro la protagonista arrastra al lector a un viaje surrealista en el que reflfleja de primera mano su fascinación por este círculo de artistas (Lou Reed, Nico, Gerard Malanga, Ondine), por las drag queens de la Fábrica, las fiestas y los excesos. Viajamos con ella desde el entusiasmo inicial por pertenecer a esta contracultura hipster hasta la absoluta pérdida del control debido a su adicción a las anfetaminas: estas memorias frenéticas son un retrato veraz de una época desde el punto de vista de alguien que lo vivió intensamente y desde dentro.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The author recounts her experiences as part of Andy Warhol's infamous inner circle and shares her thoughts on her personal life and career.
Actress, author & figurative painter Mary Woronov arrived in Warhol's Factory on a college school trip and never went home. Swimming Underground is the story of the years she spent there in a cavalcade of creative outcasts and over-the-edge experiences. All the taboos that reigned in the early sixties were taken as sign posts through a narcotic, erotic and destructive urban haze, showing the way to violent discovery. The personal costs were extremely high, but Woronov faces them all with brutal honesty. How did Warhol get started? This is the book that will tell you. "Mary Woronov's terrifying and wonderfully written memoir is a sort of "Naked Brunch" that knocks all the other Warhol books off the shelf. It's the scariest , funniest read in a long, long time," John Waters.
This book title, Swimming underground / Swimming Underground: My Years in the Warhol Factory, ISBN: 9788419940414, by Mary Woronov, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (September 10, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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