Jacqueline du Pré: A Biography
by Carol Easton
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Author: Carol EastonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-10-01
ISBN: 0306809761
Number of pages: 232
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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- ISBN13: 9780306809767
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A Different View
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this biography of Jaqueline du Pre when it first came out in 1990. The author portrays her as a wonderful, talented cello player whose career is tragically ended by debilitating disease. This very positive portrait of Jaqueline has you falling in love with her, and then terribly saddened by her fate.
Then came Hilary and Jackie, the movie, which portray her as a neurotic jerk who seems perpetually depressed, and tired of her cello. In the Easton biography Ms. du Pre's husband is the philandering one, and no mention is made of a tryst between Jackie and Hilary's husband.
I don't know. Maybe this book is pure hagiography, i.e. the author is enamored of JdP, and ignores anything negative. Yet is interesting to have a view of this renowned cellist that is different than the movie. I really enjoyed reading the book, and as a lover of Ms. Du Pre's music, maybe this positive image is the one I want to stick in my mind.
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