Life of David Hockney [electronic resource] : A Novel
Catherine Cusset2019
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Named a Best Book of the Year by The Advocate
"Catherine Cusset's book caught a lot of me. I could recognize myself." -David
Hockney
With clear, vivid prose, this meticulously researched novel draws an intimate,
moving portrait of the most famous living English painter.
Born in 1937 in a small town in the north of England, David Hockney had to fight
to become an artist. After leaving his home in Bradford for the Royal College of
Art in London, his career flourished, but he continued to struggle with a sense
of not belonging, because of his homosexuality, which had yet to be
decriminalized, and his inclination for a figurative style of art not
sufficiently "contemporary" to be valued. Trips to New York and California-where
he would live for many years and paint his iconic swimming pools-introduced him
to new scenes and new loves, beginning a journey that would take him through the
fraught years of the AIDS epidemic.
A compelling hybrid of novel and biography, Life...
Main title:
Life of David Hockney [electronic resource] : A Novel / Catherine Cusset
Author:
Catherine Cusset, Author
Imprint:
United States : Other Press, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (192.0 pages, 601.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781590519844
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
435287
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |