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Gertrude Stein [electronic resource] : An Afterlife

Francesca Wade2025
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'Strikingly accomplished . . . utterly compelling.' SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterpiece of biography.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A total joy to read.' SARAH BAKEWELL 'I feel like I've been waiting for this book my whole life.' SHEILA HETI From the celebrated author of Square Haunting comes a biography as unconventional and surprising as the life it tells. 'Think of the Bible and Homer, think of Shakespeare and think of me,' wrote Gertrude Stein in 1936. Admirers called her a genius, sceptics a charlatan: she remains one of the most confounding - and contested - writers of the twentieth century. In this literary detective story, Francesca Wade delves into the creation of the Stein myth. We see her posing for Picasso's portrait; at the centre of Bohemian Parisian life hosting the likes of Matisse and Hemingway; racing through the French countryside with her enigmatic companion Alice B. Toklas; dazzling American crowds on her sell-out tour for her sensational Autobiography - a veritable celeb...
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London United Kingdom : Faber & Faber, 2025
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1 online resource (1 text file) (320 pages, 7955154.0 Bytes)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780571369324
Language:
English
BRN:
532314
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