{"product_id":"my-cousin-maria-schneider-a-memoir-paperback","title":"My Cousin Maria Schneider: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVanessa Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMolly Ringwald\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful eulogy and a much-needed corrective\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)--a love letter to Maria Schneider, the 1970s movie starlet who catapulted to fame in the controversial film \u003ci\u003eLast Tango in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e--only to live the rest of her life plagued by scandal, as told from the perspective of her adoring younger cousin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe late French actress Maria Schneider is perhaps best known for playing Jeanne in the provocative film \u003ci\u003eLast Tango in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and released to international shock and acclaim in 1972. It was Maria's first major role, alongside film legend Marlon Brando, when she was barely eighteen years old. The experience would haunt her for the rest of her life, traumatizing her and sparking a tabloid firestorm that only ceased when she began to retreat from the public eye nearly two decades later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo Maria's much younger cousin, Vanessa Schneider, Maria was a towering figure of another kind--a beautiful and fearsome fixture in Vanessa's childhood, a rising star turned pariah whose career and struggles with addiction won the family shame and pride in equal measure. Here, Vanessa recounts the challenges of their overlapping youths and fraught adulthood and reveals both the tragedy and inevitability of Maria's path in a family plagued by mental illness and in a society rife with misogyny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnsentimental and moving, \u003ci\u003eMy Cousin Maria Schneider \u003c\/i\u003eis a love letter to a talented artist and the cousin who admired her, and a powerful story of exploitation and how its lingering effects can reverberate through a lifetime.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVanessa Schneider\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a French journalist and novelist. She lives in Paris, where she works at the prestigious daily newspaper \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e. For over ten years, she has written award-winning essays and novels that have been translated abroad. \u003ci\u003eMy Cousin Maria Schneider \u003c\/i\u003eis her eighth book, and her first to be translated into English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMolly Ringwald's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is the author of the bestselling novel-in-stories \u003ci\u003eWhen It Happens to You\u003c\/i\u003e. She previously translated \u003ci\u003eLie with Me\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel by Philippe Besson.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749244338464,"sku":"9781982141530","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/05f4e253d301249173ed50b1e48e6284.webp?v=1779927654","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-cousin-maria-schneider-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}