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Paris France: Personal Recollections (Peter Owen Modern Classic)

Paris France: Personal Recollections (Peter Owen Modern Classic)

by Gertrude Stein (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

    $4.92
Synopsis

Published in 1940, on the day that Paris fell to the Germans, Paris France blends Stein's childhood memories of Paris with trenchant observations about everything French. It is a witty fricassee of food and fashion, pets and painters, musicians, friends and artists, served up with a healthy garnish of Steinien humour and self-indulgence. For readers who have previously considered Gertrude Stein to be a difficult or even unreadable author, Paris France provides a delightful window on her personal and unique world.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 120
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd
Published: 25 Jun 2003
ISBN 10: 0720611970
ISBN 13: 9780720611977

Media Reviews
'Witty and delicious.' - Sunday Times; 'Fresh and sagacious.' - The New Yorker 'Less a love affair than an enduring marriage with a people and a country.' - Guardian 'Read her aloud and drawl a bit, and it's like opening a secret cabinet.' - Miranda Seymour, Independent Magazine 'Full of witty truisms about the French of that period.' - Harpers & Queen 'Limitless charm and idiosyncratic entertainment.' - Attitude
Author Bio
The American writer Gertrude Stein lived in Paris from 1903. With her brother Leo she acted as patron for a number of soon-to-be famous artists, most notably Pablo Picasso. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was born in Pittsburgh of a prosperous German-Jewish family. She was educated in France and the USA, worked under the pioneering psychologist William James and later studied medicine. Growing bored, she moved to Paris from 1903 with her brother Leo, where she lived for forty years. They became important patrons of the arts, acquiring pictures by Cezanne, Renoir, Gauguin, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec and contemporary artists such as Picasso and Braque. She also began to write: the novel QED was followed by other books including Three Lives and The Making Of Americans. In 1909 Alice B. Toklas joined the Stein menage and remained Gertrude's close friend until her death, and their home became a popular meeting place for writers and painters. Gertrude Stein's last words were: 'What is the answer?' Receiving no reply she laughed and said: 'Then what is the question?'