The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo - Paperback

$19.99

The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo - Paperback

Name: The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo - Paperback
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SKU: 9781451632835
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by F. G. Haghenbeck

$19.99

Book Overview

One of Mexico's most celebrated new novelists, F. G. Haghenbeck offers a beautifully written historical novel reimagining Frida Kahlo's fascinating life and loves.

When several notebooks were recently discovered among Frida Kahlo's belongings at her home in Coyoacán, Mexico City, acclaimed Mexican novelist F. G. Haghenbeck was inspired to write this beautifully wrought fictional account of her life. Haghenbeck imagines that, after Frida nearly died when a streetcar's iron handrail pierced her abdomen during a traffic accident, she received one of the notebooks as a gift from her lover Tina Modotti. Frida called the notebook "The Hierba Santa Book" (The Sacred Herbs Book) and filled it with memories, ideas, and recipes.

Haghenbeck takes readers on a magical ride through Frida's passionate life in 20th-century Mexico: her long and tumultuous relationship with Diego Rivera, the development of her art, her complex personality, her hunger for experience, and her ardent feminism. This stunning narrative also details her remarkable relationships with Georgia O'Keeffe, Leon Trotsky, Nelson Rockefeller, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Henry Miller, and Salvador Dalí. Combining rich, luscious prose with recipes from "The Hierba Santa Book," Haghenbeck tells the extraordinary story of a woman whose life was as stunning a creation as her art.

ISBN	9781451632835
Author	F. G. Haghenbeck
Publisher	Atria Books
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	September 2012
Language	ENG- English
Pages	368
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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