Matthew Polly

Bruce Lee (eBook, ePUB)

A Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The "definitive" (The New York Times) biography of film legend Bruce Leethe martial arts icon who made kung fu a global phenomenon, shattered Hollywood stereotypes of Asian and Asian American actors, and became one of the most influential pop culture figures of the 20th century. Forty-five years after Bruce Lee's sudden death at just thirty-two, journalist and bestselling author Matthew Polly delivers the authoritative account of his extraordinary life and legacy. Meticulously researched over a decade and informed by more than one hundred interviewsincluding with Lee's family, friends, colleagues, and the actress in whose bed he diedBruce Lee is both sweeping and intimate. Polly traces Lee's evolution from Hong Kong child star to troubled teen, from charismatic martial arts teacher to trailblazing Asian American actor navigating a whitewashed Hollywood, to international superstar in Enter the Dragon, Fist of Fury, and The Big Boss. He explores Lee's family dynamics, his struggle to break through in the US entertainment industry, his intense work ethic, and the enduring mystery surrounding his untimely death. Dispelling myths and revealing the man behind the legend, Bruce Lee is a deeply humanizing, page-turning biography of a boundary-breaking actor, father, fighter, and icon whose cultural impact endures across generations and continents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781501187643
• Artikelnr.: 52826362

Autorenporträt

Matthew Polly is the national bestselling author of American Shaolin, Tapped Out, and Bruce Lee. A Princeton University graduate and Rhodes Scholar, he spent two years studying kung fu at the Shaolin Temple in Henan, China. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Esquire, Slate, Playboy, and The Nation. He is a fellow at Yale University and lives in New Haven, Connecticut.