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Munkey Diaries
'Birkin's diary entries ultimately expose the toxic reality behind one of the 20th century's most glamorous couples' Sunday Times
Jane Birkin - actor, singer, songwriter and model - attained international fame with her decade-long musical and personal relationship with Serge Gainsbourg that featured their internationally controversial hit song 'Je t'aime...moi no plus'. She has also enjoyed a notable career as a movie actress in Blow-Up , Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun .
Munkey Diaries re-creates the flamboyant era of Swinging London and Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 1970s, and lets us into the everyday life of an exceptional woman. There are intimate revelations about Jane's tumultuous life with her first husband, the composer John Barry, and her romantic and professional collaboration with Gainsbourg, as well as keen insights into a working life as an actor, singer and songwriter.
Jane Birkin - actor, singer, songwriter and model - attained international fame with her decade-long musical and personal relationship with Serge Gainsbourg that featured their internationally controversial hit song 'Je t'aime...moi no plus'. She has also enjoyed a notable career as a movie actress in Blow-Up , Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun .
Munkey Diaries re-creates the flamboyant era of Swinging London and Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 1970s, and lets us into the everyday life of an exceptional woman. There are intimate revelations about Jane's tumultuous life with her first husband, the composer John Barry, and her romantic and professional collaboration with Gainsbourg, as well as keen insights into a working life as an actor, singer and songwriter.
320 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2018
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Jane Birkin
25 books43 followersJane Mallory Birkin OBE (14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was a British and French actress and singer. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in French cinema. In addition to her acting and musical credits, she lent her name to the Hermès Birkin handbag.
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October 26, 2019
I had the pleasure of hearing Jane Birkin talk about her diaries in person, which changed and enhanced my understanding and also appreciation of this publication. I was one of the youngest in the audience, which made me realise how much she must mean to people who have grown up with seeing her photographs in the papers, watching her face on the screen, listening to her voice on the radio.
This isn't about Jane Birkin the icon, however. These are half the diaries she kept from the tender age of 11 up to 2013, the year her oldest daughter Kate died. She notes herself that she wished she had acted more mature at some points in her life, she calls herself dramatic and hysteric even at times, but that is not the impression I got. These journals are unfiltered, she only took out very few bits that could have harmed or offended other people.
We meet a vulnerable, sensitive and empathic woman, daughter, lover and mother. It's sad reading how lonely she was as a kid, how she struggled with growing up, becoming a woman. Her first marriage to John Barry was a failure, but how could an eighteen year old girl fully understand what it means to be a wife to someone almost twice her age? When he abandoned her, she sought the mistakes in herself, blamed her own behaviour and character.
Later she become the girlfriend of Serge Gainsbourg, with whom she experienced how beautiful it can be to be loved and love in return, and yet we also see that relationship change over the course of twelve years. How she tried to come to terms with having to move on, while accepting that he's always going to be a part of who she is.
Particularly moving were the bits where she reflects on being a mother. Struggling with ageing and growing older, there were moments were her daughters were the ones to give her life a reason. It's both painful and beautiful to read, the unlimited and unconditional love of your own blood.
Jane Birkin is a remarkable mother. There's more to her than meets the eye, something she probably didn't even see herself at times. Publishing these journals is brave and still utterly remarkable.
This isn't about Jane Birkin the icon, however. These are half the diaries she kept from the tender age of 11 up to 2013, the year her oldest daughter Kate died. She notes herself that she wished she had acted more mature at some points in her life, she calls herself dramatic and hysteric even at times, but that is not the impression I got. These journals are unfiltered, she only took out very few bits that could have harmed or offended other people.
We meet a vulnerable, sensitive and empathic woman, daughter, lover and mother. It's sad reading how lonely she was as a kid, how she struggled with growing up, becoming a woman. Her first marriage to John Barry was a failure, but how could an eighteen year old girl fully understand what it means to be a wife to someone almost twice her age? When he abandoned her, she sought the mistakes in herself, blamed her own behaviour and character.
Later she become the girlfriend of Serge Gainsbourg, with whom she experienced how beautiful it can be to be loved and love in return, and yet we also see that relationship change over the course of twelve years. How she tried to come to terms with having to move on, while accepting that he's always going to be a part of who she is.
Particularly moving were the bits where she reflects on being a mother. Struggling with ageing and growing older, there were moments were her daughters were the ones to give her life a reason. It's both painful and beautiful to read, the unlimited and unconditional love of your own blood.
Jane Birkin is a remarkable mother. There's more to her than meets the eye, something she probably didn't even see herself at times. Publishing these journals is brave and still utterly remarkable.
July 31, 2022
she's my alter ego idc
November 22, 2019
La mia intervista a Jane Birkin: https://youtu.be/oUkvlsu-efo
September 8, 2025
“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
A life lived. Full and rich with heart, heartbreak, and a teen girl desperation that lives beyond all girls and girls into women.
I often think about lives lost. About the stories my mother has yet to tell me, has yet to remember to relay to me, or even to relay to herself. I often think about the details that enrich a life. My own and what will come, ones I’ll already forgot, ones I’ll forget to jot down.
Days pass. Some skipped. But it’s a tell-all of from teenhood to being a woman fleshed out in love, children, and death. A death of innocence, and so these memories, by the end of the book, become a great look at what it means to be a woman. All the dreaming, all the yearning.
Filled with sketches and funny little details, it’s a rich collection of diary entries that paint Birkin with earnestness. Funny little details about Mia Farrow and her arrested development. Funny things about Maggie Smith and her stubborn English self. Lots of lovely things about Serge. Her children. Being a mother. Being busy. Being happy.
For Birkin lovers only <3
A life lived. Full and rich with heart, heartbreak, and a teen girl desperation that lives beyond all girls and girls into women.
I often think about lives lost. About the stories my mother has yet to tell me, has yet to remember to relay to me, or even to relay to herself. I often think about the details that enrich a life. My own and what will come, ones I’ll already forgot, ones I’ll forget to jot down.
Days pass. Some skipped. But it’s a tell-all of from teenhood to being a woman fleshed out in love, children, and death. A death of innocence, and so these memories, by the end of the book, become a great look at what it means to be a woman. All the dreaming, all the yearning.
Filled with sketches and funny little details, it’s a rich collection of diary entries that paint Birkin with earnestness. Funny little details about Mia Farrow and her arrested development. Funny things about Maggie Smith and her stubborn English self. Lots of lovely things about Serge. Her children. Being a mother. Being busy. Being happy.
For Birkin lovers only <3
July 18, 2024
Incredibly interesting, a look into the brain of a young Jane Birkin, from preteen to adulthood we read intimate journal entries from a deeply empathetic & loving woman, I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone who doesn’t already know Jane Birkin as this is fraught with references to her projects and inspirations growing up, a reader going in blind might find it boring for the first 50% as it is a young persons perspective and journal. Whereas the more detailed and deeper topics come in around the end of the book.
July 3, 2023
Jane Birkin's writing is absolutely beautiful. Could have cried at how she describes her love for people.
September 24, 2024
girlhood is forever
January 11, 2025
Hated every single man she loved🚩🚩 Poor Jane you deserved so much better
January 14, 2020
Cela commence par les souvenirs futiles d'une gamine de 11-12 ans, une petite anglaise rêveuse qui se trouve gauche et quelconque, avec en toile de fond des histoires sur sa famille, sa maman comédienne, son papa engagé dans la résistance, son frère Andrew, sa sœur Linda...
Puis viennent les rencontres amoureuses, d'abord John B. puis Serge G. Une fois encore, c'est une Jane sans fard qui se dévoile. Elle nous livre ses histoires avec la plus grande transparence : son épanouissement, ses espoirs, sa chance, ses déceptions aussi... Tout n'est que passion dans la vie de Jane : donner et recevoir, aucun compromis.
Bien sûr, son bonheur a un prix. Ce journal s'achève au moment où Jane quitte Serge. La séparation est douloureuse. Ses confidences sont d'ailleurs sans filtre et très émouvantes. De manière générale, son récit donne des frissons. D'abord il nous plonge dans un passé nostalgique, à l'époque du Swinging London, puis au cœur du cinéma français des années 70 avec ses légendes vivantes (Romy Schneider, Brigitte Bardot, Trintignant, Depardieu, Pierre Richard...) sans oublier un épisode étrange avec Claude François.
Jane évoque aussi son quotidien, rue de Verneuil, ses tournages, ses filles, son souci de tout concilier et de ne se sentir jamais à sa place. Cette lecture est finalement très fidèle à l'image qu'on peut se faire de Jane Birkin : une personnalité fantasque et éthérée. On la retrouve avec ses questions, ses désirs, sa poésie et sa tendresse.
En effet, j'ai trouvé une vraie part d'émotion, pure et sincère, dans ses journaux. On sent la jeune femme à fleur de peau, qui trace son bout de chemin en suivant ses propres règles, à la fois exigeantes et compatissantes, mais jamais sans tricher.
Rien que pour ça, c'est une lecture fascinante car pleine de grâce - à conseiller aussi en livre audio car texte lu par Jane elle-même ! 🤍🌺
Puis viennent les rencontres amoureuses, d'abord John B. puis Serge G. Une fois encore, c'est une Jane sans fard qui se dévoile. Elle nous livre ses histoires avec la plus grande transparence : son épanouissement, ses espoirs, sa chance, ses déceptions aussi... Tout n'est que passion dans la vie de Jane : donner et recevoir, aucun compromis.
Bien sûr, son bonheur a un prix. Ce journal s'achève au moment où Jane quitte Serge. La séparation est douloureuse. Ses confidences sont d'ailleurs sans filtre et très émouvantes. De manière générale, son récit donne des frissons. D'abord il nous plonge dans un passé nostalgique, à l'époque du Swinging London, puis au cœur du cinéma français des années 70 avec ses légendes vivantes (Romy Schneider, Brigitte Bardot, Trintignant, Depardieu, Pierre Richard...) sans oublier un épisode étrange avec Claude François.
Jane évoque aussi son quotidien, rue de Verneuil, ses tournages, ses filles, son souci de tout concilier et de ne se sentir jamais à sa place. Cette lecture est finalement très fidèle à l'image qu'on peut se faire de Jane Birkin : une personnalité fantasque et éthérée. On la retrouve avec ses questions, ses désirs, sa poésie et sa tendresse.
En effet, j'ai trouvé une vraie part d'émotion, pure et sincère, dans ses journaux. On sent la jeune femme à fleur de peau, qui trace son bout de chemin en suivant ses propres règles, à la fois exigeantes et compatissantes, mais jamais sans tricher.
Rien que pour ça, c'est une lecture fascinante car pleine de grâce - à conseiller aussi en livre audio car texte lu par Jane elle-même ! 🤍🌺
October 1, 2024
my slight obsession and love for Jane Birkin aside, absolutely loved how honest she is throughout & some of her descriptions are just so beautiful. made me love her even more.
“I do not understand myself. I hate being the age I am, neither a woman nor a child.”
“Whilst my own childhood seems not so far away, already twenty years away, but sometimes it doesn’t seem it. I wish I could explain to them not to lose a second.”
“I feel so strange – I don’t know what I want except I’ve always wanted everything.”
“I do photos that are sexy, not nude. Denim in a raincoat, etc.”
“Sometimes I’m so tired of me the only thing that wakes me up is the ‘regard’ of others. Suddenly I think I only live for that regard, I suddenly feel alive, I see myself as if I was a witness. I watch the most uninteresting specimen, the colour red, breathing again, as if I was in a rather bad film.”
“I do not understand myself. I hate being the age I am, neither a woman nor a child.”
“Whilst my own childhood seems not so far away, already twenty years away, but sometimes it doesn’t seem it. I wish I could explain to them not to lose a second.”
“I feel so strange – I don’t know what I want except I’ve always wanted everything.”
“I do photos that are sexy, not nude. Denim in a raincoat, etc.”
“Sometimes I’m so tired of me the only thing that wakes me up is the ‘regard’ of others. Suddenly I think I only live for that regard, I suddenly feel alive, I see myself as if I was a witness. I watch the most uninteresting specimen, the colour red, breathing again, as if I was in a rather bad film.”
December 21, 2025
*4/5 Sternen*
Ich mag Jane Birkin sehr gern und bewundere sie als eine wunderschöne und inspirierende Frau. "Munkey Diaries" ist eine Sammlung von Tagebucheinträgen, Fotos und Geschichten aus ihrem Leben. Die Fotos hinten im Buch sind echt süß, besonders die mit ihren Töchtern.
Der Inhalt des Buches ist eher durchschnittlich und nicht unbedingt durchgehend spannend. Sie schreibt über ihre alltäglichen Sorgen und Probleme, wie zum Beispiel die Entlassung ihres Kindermädchens. Trotzdem ist es unterhaltsam, ihre Geschichten zu lesen, weil sie eine charmante Art hat, über ihr Leben zu schreiben.
Ich mag Jane Birkin sehr gern und bewundere sie als eine wunderschöne und inspirierende Frau. "Munkey Diaries" ist eine Sammlung von Tagebucheinträgen, Fotos und Geschichten aus ihrem Leben. Die Fotos hinten im Buch sind echt süß, besonders die mit ihren Töchtern.
Der Inhalt des Buches ist eher durchschnittlich und nicht unbedingt durchgehend spannend. Sie schreibt über ihre alltäglichen Sorgen und Probleme, wie zum Beispiel die Entlassung ihres Kindermädchens. Trotzdem ist es unterhaltsam, ihre Geschichten zu lesen, weil sie eine charmante Art hat, über ihr Leben zu schreiben.
May 31, 2020
«Я понял, кто она такая, по твоему описанию: малость с приветом, очень молодая, ходит с огромной корзиной»
Очень откровенно и честно. Джейн Биркин достойна восхищения уже за то, что не стесняется показывать свои недостатки и не идеализирует себя. Она ревнивая, закомплексованная, отчаянно нуждается во внимании. Но она также невероятно любящая дочь, жена, и мама, которая готова на всё ради близких людей.
Хочется сказать о ней: «совершенно особенная обычная женщина». Но это звучит глупо, поэтому не скажу.
🖤
Очень откровенно и честно. Джейн Биркин достойна восхищения уже за то, что не стесняется показывать свои недостатки и не идеализирует себя. Она ревнивая, закомплексованная, отчаянно нуждается во внимании. Но она также невероятно любящая дочь, жена, и мама, которая готова на всё ради близких людей.
Хочется сказать о ней: «совершенно особенная обычная женщина». Но это звучит глупо, поэтому не скажу.
🖤
July 17, 2025
Jane Birkin's writing is so beautiful and so honest. I loved this insight into her mind and life, man she loved people so deeply and so sincerely. Took me a while to get through as I kept picking it up and putting it down and around and around.
July 23, 2025
ooooo dit was zo mooi, ze had schreef zo veel mooie zinnen dat ik alles wel kon markeren (ik heb niks gemarkeerd want het was too much), ze schreef zo mooi over haar dochters en over haar heftige relaties. i just love her
January 6, 2020
Honest and superficial (though when I re-read my own journals I have the same feeling).
September 20, 2024
Charming wild a little scandalous . Lots of travel and hotel rooms ,fights disputes drunken nights ,romances babies . A true Bohemian life exciting and a bit sad- like life is vraiement.
May 30, 2019
J’aime les sentiments qui traversent les pages, le fait qu’elle ne se soit jamais sentie à la hauteur, sa volonté de plaire, son sentimentalisme envers John et surtout Serge, son amour plus délicat pour Jacques Doillon. Ce sont surtout des galères sentimentales qu’elle vit. Professionnellement, elle rebondit toujours, un tournage ici, un tournage là. Elle arrive à tout faire en même temps : être une femme, mère, actrice, chanteuse. Elle est chanceuse mais aussi forte quoi qu’elle en dise. Une envie de vivre une vie similaire avec l’amour pour seul moteur et horizon !
September 21, 2020
The mystery that Jane Birkin holds should remain that way I feel.
Do I know her any better for reading her ‘Munkey’ diaries ?
Sweet, innocent, desperate to be held & loved, but, that could be the life of anyone - there is little of this muse, little of, maybe, what we feel she is and maybe the expectation is the reason for the disappointment. A delicate, often sad diary, littered with references to her family, parents, children and partners, little of the life we feel we know a smattering of.
Sadly, it became a bore to the end.
Do I know her any better for reading her ‘Munkey’ diaries ?
Sweet, innocent, desperate to be held & loved, but, that could be the life of anyone - there is little of this muse, little of, maybe, what we feel she is and maybe the expectation is the reason for the disappointment. A delicate, often sad diary, littered with references to her family, parents, children and partners, little of the life we feel we know a smattering of.
Sadly, it became a bore to the end.
January 7, 2021
this was just okay ? Jane Birkin led such an interesting and privileged life so I was v excited to dig into this but it fell flat in many parts. A lot of it was made up of self-obsessed depressive passages which although may have been authentic to the loneliness she felt just started to drag after a while. More here’s excerpts from my diary hastily sewn together than a memoir. I suppose the title was a warning of this.
Would recommend purely for some of the brilliant one liners and gorgeous descriptions of Paris high life in the 60s/70s.
Would recommend purely for some of the brilliant one liners and gorgeous descriptions of Paris high life in the 60s/70s.
December 15, 2024
My first time really reading someone’s intimate diary
Did not think it would affect my personal life so much.
Jane I love you and you have given me so much.
Beautiful, I didn’t want to finish reading because I wanted to keep her with me for as long as I could.
Cannot wait to see read post scriptum
Did not think it would affect my personal life so much.
Jane I love you and you have given me so much.
Beautiful, I didn’t want to finish reading because I wanted to keep her with me for as long as I could.
Cannot wait to see read post scriptum
August 20, 2023
Jane Birkin is at the same time, very inspiring but also just very human.
November 26, 2025
мені здається я вже колись казала чому так люблю читати чиїсь щоденники. в першу чергу тому, що це неймовірна можливість дізнатись якусь людину, адже чесними та відкритими ми часто буваємо там, де ніхто не бачить: на сторінках своїх блокнотів. особливо якщо ця людина була відомою і мала зовсім інше життя. по-друге, тому що це завжди в якомусь сенсі comforting бачити, що хтось має такі самі думки та переживання як і ти.
так вийшло, що всі щоденники (Біркін, Сильвія Плат), мемуари (Патті Сміт) та листи (Кафка до Мілени) які я читала i keep close to my heart. для мене чомусь дуже цінно, що я можу знайти відображення власних думок або досвіду на сторінках людей, яких я ніколи в житті не бачила і не побачу, людей які жили в інших обставинах та куточках світу. або коли хтось зміг знайти слова аби описати якісь відчуття, для чого мені слів бракувало. і тоді просто сидиш, дивишся на сторінку і думаєш: “well damn… yeah…”. це завжди якось по особливому відчувається, у всякому випадку для мене. ESPECIALLY if they were written by women.
якщо говорити саме про щоденники Джейн, то мені сподобалось, що навіть не дивлячись на «величину» життя, яке вона мала, її записи завжди залишались down to earth and casual. вона майже не писала про роботу, натомість більше про власні думки, внутрішні конфлікти, пригоди, кохання, біль, доньок, друзів, та різні інші аспекти життя. мені це сподобалось!
цікаво, що я не дивлюсь жодного фільму з Джейн та не слухала жодної її пісні (для мене навпаки стало сюрпризом те, що вона була співачкою!) і мої знання про її діяльність були дуже обмеженими. тим не менш, коли я дізналась що у неї є видані щоденники, мені одразу захотілося їх прочитати. і думаю, це цікаво, що тепер, коли я буду дивитись фільми з нею я буду знати трохи більше про неї як людину та памʼятатиму, що відбувалось у неї в житті на «задньому плані» поки вона брала участь у зйомках (у всякому випадку у фільмах, про роботу над якими вона згадувала у щоденниках).
мені сподобались її погляди на деякі речі та її думки з приводу багатьох ситуацій. вона була цікавою та багатогранною жінкою!
так вийшло, що всі щоденники (Біркін, Сильвія Плат), мемуари (Патті Сміт) та листи (Кафка до Мілени) які я читала i keep close to my heart. для мене чомусь дуже цінно, що я можу знайти відображення власних думок або досвіду на сторінках людей, яких я ніколи в житті не бачила і не побачу, людей які жили в інших обставинах та куточках світу. або коли хтось зміг знайти слова аби описати якісь відчуття, для чого мені слів бракувало. і тоді просто сидиш, дивишся на сторінку і думаєш: “well damn… yeah…”. це завжди якось по особливому відчувається, у всякому випадку для мене. ESPECIALLY if they were written by women.
якщо говорити саме про щоденники Джейн, то мені сподобалось, що навіть не дивлячись на «величину» життя, яке вона мала, її записи завжди залишались down to earth and casual. вона майже не писала про роботу, натомість більше про власні думки, внутрішні конфлікти, пригоди, кохання, біль, доньок, друзів, та різні інші аспекти життя. мені це сподобалось!
цікаво, що я не дивлюсь жодного фільму з Джейн та не слухала жодної її пісні (для мене навпаки стало сюрпризом те, що вона була співачкою!) і мої знання про її діяльність були дуже обмеженими. тим не менш, коли я дізналась що у неї є видані щоденники, мені одразу захотілося їх прочитати. і думаю, це цікаво, що тепер, коли я буду дивитись фільми з нею я буду знати трохи більше про неї як людину та памʼятатиму, що відбувалось у неї в житті на «задньому плані» поки вона брала участь у зйомках (у всякому випадку у фільмах, про роботу над якими вона згадувала у щоденниках).
мені сподобались її погляди на деякі речі та її думки з приводу багатьох ситуацій. вона була цікавою та багатогранною жінкою!
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August 6, 2024After reading this, I have so much beef with published diaries. Even when the author consents, it feels wrong!!! They’re almost always either too personal to be cohesive (lots of people and places I don’t know or care about) or too cohesive to be real lol. I couldn’t fully enjoy the charming passages because the skeptic in me kept guessing about what was ghostwritten or heavily edited.
The diary format also just diluted the narrative of Birkin’s life. Her rise to fame seemed based more on circumstance and privilege than on passion, just coasting from one gig to the next. While that nonchalance is what eventually made her famous (the effortless bangs and banged-up bags), it didn’t make for a very gripping story :’(
There were some entries and lines that resonated with me, but overall this book was underwhelming and didn’t match the level of her cultural impact.
The diary format also just diluted the narrative of Birkin’s life. Her rise to fame seemed based more on circumstance and privilege than on passion, just coasting from one gig to the next. While that nonchalance is what eventually made her famous (the effortless bangs and banged-up bags), it didn’t make for a very gripping story :’(
There were some entries and lines that resonated with me, but overall this book was underwhelming and didn’t match the level of her cultural impact.
July 24, 2022
I find it very hard to put a rating on diaries and letters, but I suppose this is for the quality of the editing. Birkin has told much of her life well through her old words (albeit very heavily curated, probably a good thing). And what a life it was - so many wonderful and often distressing insights into one of the most astonishing lives of the late twentieth century (always humbly and innocently told). I very much look forward to the next volume being translated (or perhaps I should seek out a French copy). Essential for those who love Birkin and want to hear her side of the stories, especially in connection with Varda and Charlotte’s documentaries about her.
November 10, 2020
A really curious hotch-potch of the mundane and an angst ridden life which was stunningly unemotional and flat. The characters were hard to follow - this book is crying out for a listing of who was who - and deliberately steered away from the Show Business end of her life. Films flipped by in a single senrence but picnics, skiing trips and endless meals were played out in what felt like real time. There was a lot of reading between the lines needed and I didn't have that knowledge needed to add up the dots to make a full picture.
AND I SO WANTED TO LOVE THIS BOOK....
AND I SO WANTED TO LOVE THIS BOOK....
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February 19, 2019finalement!
the book is, just like birkin`s life, full of opposites - extraordinary and simple, full of love and extremely lonely, fascinating and boring (in a very humane way). overall, i enjoyed it.
i will definitely get the second book whenever it comes out.
the book is, just like birkin`s life, full of opposites - extraordinary and simple, full of love and extremely lonely, fascinating and boring (in a very humane way). overall, i enjoyed it.
i will definitely get the second book whenever it comes out.
December 22, 2024
lifechanger te siento te amo jane birkin
January 13, 2025
You don’t change that much. What you are at 12 is what you are at 72
September 11, 2023
Vanskelig å vurdere en dagbok, men det man kan si er at man får et godt innblikk i Birkin sine følelser. Boka inneholder dagbokoppføringer fra hun var barn til hun ble voksen. Anmeldelser av boka beskriver henne som selvsentrert, men jeg tror enhver dagbok vil være det.
Det som kanskje er mest interessant for de fleste er nok livet hun og Gainsbourg levde sammen. Mange fine og triste passasjer om forholdet, og hvor alene og suicidal hun ofte følte seg. Det er veldig fint å lese når hun skriver om barna sine, og generelt når hun skriver om folk hun er glad i.
Verdt å lese om man er fan av Birkin og har litt bakgrunnsinfo om henne fra før, hvis ikke tror jeg ikke det ligger særlig verdi i å lese den
Det som kanskje er mest interessant for de fleste er nok livet hun og Gainsbourg levde sammen. Mange fine og triste passasjer om forholdet, og hvor alene og suicidal hun ofte følte seg. Det er veldig fint å lese når hun skriver om barna sine, og generelt når hun skriver om folk hun er glad i.
Verdt å lese om man er fan av Birkin og har litt bakgrunnsinfo om henne fra før, hvis ikke tror jeg ikke det ligger særlig verdi i å lese den
August 12, 2024
Jane Birkin’s diaries from 1957-1982. But Jane didn’t write regularly, only when the mood took her, so it makes for a fragmentary read. It often intrigues more than it informs.
Serge Gainsbourg comes across much better than John Barry (although still not well). I particularly like the detail that 1978’s DEATH ON THE NILE (which I hadn’t realised she was in) was an absolute nightmare to shoot with a tyrannical director. Although Maggie Smith arrived on set with the droll: “I haven’t read the script, I’m just here for the money.”
Serge Gainsbourg comes across much better than John Barry (although still not well). I particularly like the detail that 1978’s DEATH ON THE NILE (which I hadn’t realised she was in) was an absolute nightmare to shoot with a tyrannical director. Although Maggie Smith arrived on set with the droll: “I haven’t read the script, I’m just here for the money.”
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