The Duke in His Domain

Now Brando looked at people with assurance, and with what can only be called a pitying expression, as though he dwelt in spheres of enlightenment where they, to his regret, did not.

This mesmerizing profile of an insecure, vulnerable young Marlon Brando, brooding in a Kyoto hotel during a break from filming, is a peerless piece of journalism.

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Acum, Brando se uita la oameni cu siguranta si cu ceea ce se poate numi doar o expresie miloasa, ca si cum ar fi locuit in sferele iluminarii in care acestia, spre regretul sau, nu au facut-o. Acest profil fascinant al unui tanar nesigur si vulnerabil Marlon Brando, care cugeta intr-un hotel din Kyoto, intr-o pauza de la filmare, este o piesa de jurnalism inegalabila. Penguin Modern: cincizeci de carti noi care sarbatoresc spiritul pionier al iconicului serial Penguin Modern Classics, fiecare oferind un hit concentrat al aromei sale contemporane, internationale.