“Frank Sinatra Has a Cold ” ( English Sinatra Has a Cold ) - “the best magazine essay of all time” [1] , a report on the singer, written by Gay Talese ( English Gay Talese ) for the April issue of 1966 Esquire magazine [2 ] .
Content
History
The article is one of the most famous journalistic works in the world and the best essay about a man named Frank Sinatra [3] [4] [5] [6] .
The journalist spent three months with the “object” (since November 1965 ). The editors spent five thousand dollars, which at that time was a very significant amount. The publication is a textbook example of the direction in literature, which has received the name " new journalism " [7] [8] .
The work is often contrasted with today's superficial methods of reporting craft [9] [10] . Reprinted in many anthologies [9] [11] .
Book
Later, the essayist published the book of the same name [12] :
The author of the cult book - the famous American journalist Gay Talese - did what was previously considered impossible: he created a multifaceted portrait of a man whom he had never talked to. Frank Sinatra refused to interview the journalist due to a cold. But the reporter did not give up: he followed the singer on the heels, talked with his secretary, press secretary, hairdresser, agent, driver, musicians, studio bosses , poker partners, friends, children, ex-wives, says the Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag . The image of Sinatra is written out as if Talese had known him since childhood.
At the end of 2005, the journalist presented to readers a new book with the old title - “Frank Sinatra caught a cold” . This is an anthology of his articles published in Esquire , Atlantic Monthly , New Yorker , Rolling Stone , Harper's Magazine . Critics call these works "new journalism . "
See also
- Frank Sinatra
Notes
- ↑ Mikhail Idov: Ideologists, Kings and Poets of a Glossy Cover - New York - Geographical Blog - Snob (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 17, 2010. Archived December 14, 2009.
- ↑ Without question, picking The Best Story Esquire Ever Published is a fool's errand ... , Esquire (October 1, 2003). Archived July 5, 2008. Date of treatment May 22, 2007.
- ↑ The Master's Voice , The Economist (July 16, 2005).
- ↑ King of the day-glo, stiff-spined, wise-guy shiny sheets; In the world of glossy magazines, Esquire was to the 1960s what Vanity Fair was to the 1980s - the wittiest chronicler of its time , The Independent (February 8, 1997). Date of treatment May 22, 2007.
- ↑ Frank DiGiacomo . The Esquire Decade , Vanity Fair (January 2007). Date of treatment May 22, 2007.
- ↑ Peter Carlson . Esquire's Celebrity Dish: Artificial Flavoring, The Washington Post (May 22, 2001).
- ↑ Writer's Story on Sinatra Sparked a New Genre of Reporting , Day to Day on National Public Radio (September 9, 2003). Date of treatment May 22, 2007.
- ↑ Lecture: Gay Talese (inaccessible link) . NYU Bullpen . Date of treatment May 22, 2007. Archived on April 20, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Gay Talese . This Is My Best; Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work / Retha Powers and Kathy Kiernan. - San Francisco , California : Chronicle Books. - P. 480-516. - ISBN 0811848299 .
- ↑ So What Do You Do, Gay Talese? . mediabistro.com (April 27, 2004). Date of treatment May 22, 2007. Archived on April 20, 2012.
- ↑ Greatest! stories! ever! sort of: Esquire celebrates its best in a new book 70 years in the making, Ottawa Citizen (January 11, 2004).
- ↑ More Literature than Journalism> Freedom of Speech> Weekly 2000 (link not available)
Links
- Frank Sinatra Has a Cold Magazine article “Frank Sinatra”
- Frank Sinatra caught a cold Full translation of the article in Russian