{"product_id":"this-is-not-my-memoir-paperback","title":"This Is Not My Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndré Gregory\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTodd London\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe autobiography-of-sorts of Andr  Gregory, an iconic figure in American theater and the star of \u003ci\u003eMy Dinner with Andr \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is Not My Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e tells the life story of Andr  Gregory, iconic theater director, writer, and actor. For the first time, Andr  shares memories from a life lived for art, including stories from the making of \u003ci\u003eMy Dinner with Andr \u003c\/i\u003e. Taking on the dizzying, wondrous nature of a fever dream, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not My Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e includes fantastic and fantastical stories that take the reader from wartime Paris to golden-age Hollywood, from avant-garde theaters to monasteries in India. Along the way we meet Jerzy Grotowski, Helene Weigel, Gregory Peck, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Wallace Shawn, and many other larger-than-life personalities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is Not My Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e is a collaboration between Andr  and Todd London, who together create a portrait of an artist confronting his later years. Here, too, are the reflections of a man who only recently learned how to love. What does it mean to create art in a world that often places little value on the process of creating it? And what does it mean to confront the process of aging when your greatest work of art may well be your own life?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eé \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory\u003c\/b\u003e has been directing in New York for more than half a century. He has collaborated on film versions of his theater productions with Wallace Shawn, Louis Malle, and Jonathan Demme. Gregory, Shawn, and Malle created the now-legendary \u003ci\u003eMy Dinner with André\u003c\/i\u003e. Gregory is also an actor, a writer, a teacher, and a painter, and author of the poetry colletion \u003ci\u003eBone Songs\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd London\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eAn Ideal Theater\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Staying Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e, and two novels. He is a winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism and was the inaugural recipient of the Theatre Communications Group Visionary Leadership Award for his contributions to American theater.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768046715168,"sku":"9781250800244","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/112276c85a5919a414aeb7f4675aa2f2.webp?v=1780323423","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-is-not-my-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}