Greta Garbo

by Karen Swenson and Karen Swenson

Book Overview

A Life Apart is the apt subtitle of this scrupulously researched biography of the star as legendary for her fiercely guarded privacy as for her haunting beauty and luminous acting in such films as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684807254
• ISBN13: 9780684807256
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 639 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A Bio Apart

Swenson conveys an understanding of and respect for her subject as few biographers have. Not that anyone can know too much about Garbo, Swenson dug deep and this bio is full of pictures and information to make any Garbo fan's heart flutter into cardiac arrest! The Best!

Garbo: A Life Apart

Garbo: A Life Apart is a modern biographical masterpiece. I got started and could barely put it down. It was filled with great information. I have been following the life of Greta Garbo for about 7 years and have a collection of memorabillia to show for it! I have to say this is a MUST for any fan or collector of Garbo material!!! BRAVO Karen Swenson!!

Fascinating and believable...

This wonderful story, about a wonderful woman, combines a selection of rare photos with startling new information about her childhood, her career, tumultuous relationships with lovers and friends, and her life after Hollywood.

The One to Have

Barry Paris' Garbo biography was hard to beat, but Swenson's manages to do so. Well-written, convincingly researched and even-handed (neither a white-wash nor an attack). I heartily look forward to Swenson's upcoming book on Joan Crawford. If anyone can put a rest to that Mommie Dearest nonsense, Swenson certainly can.

Excellent research and writing, this is THE Garbo biography.

Take it from someone who has a shelf full of books on Garbo, Karen Swenson's "Greta Garbo, A Life Apart" is easily the best of the bunch. Where other authors have simply repeated stories from book to book, Swenson uses a detective's eye to find the facts. The book is highly readable and manages to give you a glimpse of who the mysterious Greta Garbo really was.