Greta Garbo: A Life Told by Herself

In leaving the movies at the age of 36, GRETA GARBO spent half a century in seclusion—never appearing in public and never giving interviews—putting into life her favorite phrase: “What I want most is to be left alone.” What made the greatest Hollywood star change her fate so radically? Why did the first beauty of the era—whose features were so flawless they could be photographed from any angle and in any light, while her figure could have made even ancient goddesses jealous—hide from millions of fans behind dark glasses, locked doors, and drawn curtains? What dangerous secrets were hidden in her past, what traumas, what “skeletons in the closet”? For more than half a century, all these questions remained unanswered—until this book was published. In it, the most mysterious star of Hollywood, nicknamed the “PERFECT SPHINX,” was so perfected and so unreachable that, for the first time, she broke the vow of silence and opened her soul wide—telling, with utmost candor, about her life, where there was everything: impoverished Swedish childhood, a school that was never finished, a difficult road to Hollywood, unexpected success, worldwide fame, 15 years of nonstop filming, the reputation of a “vamp woman,” a fateful seducer and “man-eater,” the most envious fans and lovers—prime ministers, princes, and billionaires at her feet—an endless chain of sexual scandals, escape from under the wedding veil, a romance with a gay man, a “three-way life” with a family couple, enormous earnings and a multi-million inheritance… Yes, Garbo’s life had it all—except for simple, ordinary feminine happiness… The A4 PDF format preserves the publisher’s layout.