02072cam a2200433 i 4500 607569511 TxAuBib 20221020120000.0 220329s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021278810 9780062968456 paperback 0062968459 paperback TxAuBib rda Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- Blonde : a novel / by Joyce Carol Oates. First Ecco paperback edition. New York, New York : Ecco an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2020. xix, 738 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier With a new introduction by Elaine Showalter--Cover. "In one of her most ambitious works, Joyce Carol Oates reimagines the inner, poetic, and spiritual life of Norma Jean Baker - the child, the woman, the fated celebrity - in Norma Jeane's own voice. This most intimate portrait reveals a fragile, indiosyncratically gifted young woman who makes and remakes her identity, ever managing to survive against crushing odds to become the definition of stardom ... Blonde is a sweeping novel about the elusive magic of a woman, the lasting legacy of a star, and the heartbreak behind the creation of the most evocative icon of the twentieth century."--Back cover. 20221020. Monroe, Marilyn 1926-1962 Fiction. Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962. Motion picture actors and actresses Fiction. Motion picture actors and actresses. Biographical fiction. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif) Fiction. California Los Angeles Hollywood. Fiction Historical. Fiction Literary. Fiction Psychological. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Biographical fiction. Showalter, Elaine,.