This is Marlon Brando’s own story, and his reason for telling it is best revealed in his own words: “I have always considered my life a private affair and the business of no one beyond my family and those I love. Except for moral and political issues that aroused in me a desire to speak out, I have done my utmost throughout my life, for the sake of my children and myself, to remain silent. . . . But now, in my seventieth year, I have decided to tell the story of my life as best I can, so that my children can separate the truth from the myths that others have created about me, as myths are created about everyone swept up in the turbulent and distorting maelstrom of celebrity in our culture.” To date there have been over a dozen books written about Marlon Brando, and almost all of them have been inaccurate, based on hearsay, sensationalist or prurient in tone. Now, at last, fifty years after his first appearance onstage in New York City, the actor has told his life story, with the help of Robert Lindsey. The result is an extraordinary book, at once funny, moving, absorbing, ribald, angry, self-deprecating and completely frank account of the career, both on-screen and off, of the greatest actor of our time. Anyone who has ever enjoyed a Brando film will relish this book. Please note: this edition does not include photos.

稀代の俳優マーロン・ブランドが、虚飾に満ちたハリウッドの喧騒を突き抜け、自らの魂を解体・再構築した衝撃的な自叙伝です。本作の核心は、世間に流布する神話を剥ぎ取り、一人の人間として自己を定義し直そうとする強烈な意志にあります。母から受け継いだ孤独と情熱が彼の表現の深淵であったことを明かす筆致は、あまりに生々しく、読者の胸を打ちます。 自己批判とユーモアが交錯する文体は、一級の文学的風格を湛えています。名声への冷徹な視線と、真実への渇望が同居するこの独白録は、表現者の孤独を描き切った魂の咆哮であり、伝説という名の檻から脱走を図る一人の男の凄まじい生を体験させてくれるでしょう。