Στο Μεθύσι της Δόξας

by Judith Gould, Κώστας Μπαρμπής (Translator)

Διέθεταν ταλέντο και ομορφιά. Κέρδισαν, η καθεμιά στην εποχή της, τη δόξα, το θαυμασμό και την αγάπη του κόσμου. Αλλά τον έρωτα τον γνώρισαν πίσω από τα φώτα των προβολέων, σε μέρη όπου οι άνθρωποι ζουν συντροφιά με τον πόνο, τον κίνδυνο, ακόμα και το θάνατο.

Η Σέντα, η πρώτη μιας γενιάς θεατρίνων, έγινε η μεγάλη πρωταγωνίστρια του ρωσικού θεάτρου, κατέκτησε την καρδιά ενός πρίγκιπα, αλλά έχασε το μόνο άντρα που αγάπησε αληθινά.

Η Ταμάρα, κόρη της Σέντα, θα γίνει η διασημότερη σταρ της δεκαετίας του ’30. Όταν όμως ο θάνατος θα πάρει τον άντρα της και μέντορά της, θα εγκαταλείψει τον αστραφτερό κόσμο του Χόλιγουντ και θα γυρέψει τη γαλήνη. Θα ξαναγνωρίσει τον έρωτα, αλλά και την υπέρτατη οδύνη που θα της δώσει η δολοφονία του γιου της.

Η Ντάλια, ακολουθώντας τα βήματα της μητέρας της, της Ταμάρα, και της γιαγιάς της, θα κάνει κι αυτή μια λαμπρή κινηματογραφική καριέρα και θα αποκτήσει χρήμα και δόξα. Αλλά, πριν βρει τον έρωτα της ζωής της, θα περάσει από μεγάλους κινδύνους και θα γίνει αντικείμενο μίσους και εκδίκησης…

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Historical Romance

766 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 7, 1989

About the author

pseudonym of two authors: Nick Bienes and Rhea (pronounced “Ray”) Gallaher

Reviews

[Floripiquita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lo leí cuando era muy jovencita y me impactó un montón, por la historia y las escenas de sexo, seamos sinceras. Un culebron total que narra la historia de una familia a través de tres mujeres, gran deudor de la época en la que está escrito, los años 80. Tengo que releerlo.

[Xenia0201 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review is not to be considered critically acclaimed in any way. It is yet another book I read at an age I was highly impressionable. Dazzle did two things for me - spark my interest in the Russian Revolution, and served as a tutorial for sex at my ripe age of 14 when I first read it. This was another one of those books I found laying around the house that my mother had gotten at a flea market where the covers had been ripped off of new paperbacks and sold five for $10 that never should have gotten into my hands!! Dazzle is about three generations of Russian Jewish women, starting with Senda, who narrowly escapes a pogrom set upon her village. Personally, the plot loses me right after this, as we continue with her daughter, Tamara, who becomes a movie star in Hollywood, and then finally, her daughter, Daliah who also is a successful actress, following all three women's trials and tribulations. Good for naughty reading but that's about it!!

[Arto Mutka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this Judith Gould book... Loved the story over the three generations of women all involved in the entertainment industry. Lots of smutty and sexy bits too... Ie lots of very detailed love scenes!! Great escapist fiction. I took it away with me on a holiday to China last year and was perfect for reading on tour bus in between seeing the sights... I in turn entertained my fellow travellers my reading the graphic sex scenes as I came across them... Had whole tour bus in hysterics!!

[Nora · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this when I was a teen and remembered it fondly. But let me tell you it hasn't aged well. It starts off with the bad man being a pedophile who molests boys. The writing is extremely bad and the time line makes no sense at all. Oh and it ends practically with rape. (the classic she found him hot but didn't want sex, said no repeatedly, begged him no, fought him, but he could see in her eyes that she wanted him so he did it and wow she fell in love)

[Assunta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would have given it a 5 star because the story is good but there were too many totally unnecessary very explicit sex passages......seriously?

[Sorcha]

Oh I love trashy novels with the best of em......but sometimes......[return][return]Started off well, with a Russian peasant girl working her way up to be the best known actress in Russia (and the Tzar's mistress), only for everything to be lost in the Revolution.[return][return]I have a feeling I read this book a long time ago, and struggled then too.[return][return]Time goes on, her daughter gets involved with the Jewish people, and *her* daughter (and the rest of the family) gets involved in the attempt to start the Jewish state. Lots of violence, kidnaps, escapes, betrayals, loyalty, aggressive sex that passes for exciting love, the usual stuff (well worn copy with the spine broken at the really "interesting" - ahem - parts for the one handed reader).......meh

[Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the fence with this one. 3½ stars. Full review at http://sleaze-factor.blogspot.ca/2013...

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, although I thought it was good, but not great.