Gertrude and Alice.
Souhami, Diana.
Place Published: London, United Kingdom:
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson,
Date Published: 1999.
Description: REVISED EDITION. 300 pages including Index, Bibliography, Early Years and Credits and 38 pages of black and white photos. The book is FINE/AS NEW (unread). NOT remaindered or price-clipped. Comes with BRODART archival jacket. JMVINTAGE specializes in books, magazines and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious people.THE DUST JACKET READS: Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas first met on Sunday 8 September,1907 in Paris. From that day on they were together until Gertrude;s death on Saturday 27 July 1846 They nevers slept under different roofs, or travelled without each other, or entertained separately.They were central to the cultural life of Paris for four decades. Everyone who was anyone went to their salons at the rue de Fleurus. They became a legendary couple, photographed by Stieglitz, Man Ray and Cecil Beaton,painted by Picasso and written about in the memoirs of Hemingway, Beaton, Paul Bowles and Sylvia Beach.:"Gertrude and Alice is the storyof their life together, of the paths that led them to each other and of Alice's years of widowhood after Gertrude had died. Alice heard bells ringing in her head when she first met Gertrude, proof to her that she was in the presence of genius. Both agreed that Alice should serve and defer to Gertrude and her genius. Alice dealt with all household affairs, typed Gertrude's manuscripts, guarded her from unwelcome visitors and fought to obtain for Gertrude the fame that came late-when Gertrude was fifty -eight and "The Autobiography of Alice B.Toklas" was published. They attracted an audience wherever they went - in Charleston, Oxford or Avila. They were indomitable, charismatic and a sight to be seen.They drove around in 'Auntie', their Ford car, with Basket, the cherished poodle, looking at paintings and Roman ruins, eating delicious food, talking to everyone, making the best of where they were. Alice said that Gertrude was the happiest person she had ever known. Long after Gertrude died Alice wrote that from the moment they met, 'it was Gertrude Stein who held my complete attention, as she did for all the many years I knew her until her death, and and all these empty ones since then'. From letters, memoirs and the published writings of Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas, Diana Souhami reconstructs the story of one of the most solid marriages of the century.Alice and Gertrude forcefully come alive: 'so emphatically and uncompromisingly themselves, that the world could do nothing less than accept them as they were'.
Binding: Hard CoverCondition: Fine in Fine dj
ISBN: 0297643622
Book Id: 6586
Price: $15.50
