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Gore Vidal: Hollywood. (German language, 1991, Hoffmann & Campe)

Hardcover

German language

Published Aug. 1, 1991 by Hoffmann & Campe.

OCLC Number:
75194623

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“History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place,” said Gore Vidal. Of course, history is more than gossip and what Vidal did in his narratives is not just gossip; he includes myriad resources of historical analysis. But he makes a valid point when he says that the truth of the past, including official history, can never be completely known.

Hollywood, as the other novels of the Narratives of Empire, suggests that there was never a point which the republican not been corrupted, there was no garden of Eden in the American politics. Of course, that is true of any political system, there is no presumption of innocence in politics. Attempts have been made by individuals to change things, but they have been usually doomed. Nevertheless, people were intrigued by this extraordinary experiment that started with George Washington “pursue of happiness” as …

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