Yo era un encanto

Eve Babitz perished in a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle on a Sunday in 1997. A symbolic event that marked the beginning of the end of her best years, those of a woman who shone like a dazzling star in a Los Angeles plagued by constant fires. Known for her work as a visual artist and novelist, and her connections with the cultural elite, Eve Babitz was also a prolific columnist for magazines such as Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Esquire. This book brings together fifty articles written from 1975 until the year of the accident, previously unpublished in Spanish. These pages feature lovers and friends, anecdotes about figures like Francis Ford Coppola, Jim Morrison, Nicolas Cage, and even Charles Manson, a collection of experiences and excesses, the best Hollywood parties, and diverse topics: yoga, acupuncture, ballroom dancing, and free love. Her writing overflows with personality, as funny, sensual, and charming as she was. These articles are proof that intellectualism and culture can wear high heels, a daring neckline, and a cigarette.