josé figueiredo:
Um estilo despreocupado, com uma dinâmica e um movimento fantásticos. Milhares de perfis da intelectualidade marcante no início do século 20, com os grandes pintores, escritores e músicos
Spain on Oct 26, 2023
Judy:
If you have an interest in the "ex-pats" in Paris in the '20s and Gertrude Stein, this book is for you. If you have been to the Barnes Museum in Philadelphia, this book is for you. If you loved the movie "Midnight in Paris," this book is for you. Watch the movie along with reading the book. Take a deep dive! Buy this book.
United States on Aug 21, 2023
Kindle Customer:
Have never read Stein before and enjoyed this enough to read her further. However this ebook I paid for is full of typos and almost unreadable. From now on I will go to a bookstore or the library.
United States on Aug 12, 2023
Perfect:
It is in perfect condition and arrived wuickly
United Kingdom on Jul 16, 2023
Patrick bry:
Très original , lecture passionnante
France on May 17, 2023
Robert Adams:
An "autobiography" of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein. This is my first Stein book, and I found it very well written. I enjoyed reading about the various famous (although they weren't famous at the time) people that were involved in the avant-garde movement in Paris in the early 1900's; Hemingway, Picasso, Matisse, Man Ray, Juan Gris, etc. I'm not sure there is any "point" to the book except to describe the incredible coalescing of greatness in one point in time and space. I think the book could have been half the length and still be interesting. It's only slightly shy of 200 pages, but even still, it seems a bit long. After a while I found myself not caring that Picasso was going off to Spain again with a different girlfriend, or that the Matisse's had permanently moved out of Paris. There is also a huge number of people that have become mere footnotes to history, if even a footnote. One truly prophetic statement: "[Gertrude Stein] thinks Fitzgerald will be read when many of his well known contemporaries are forgotten." How true.
United States on Jul 23, 2022
Luiz Carlos Santi:
O livro em si é uma obra de arte em todos os sentidos: para ler e admirar.
Brazil on Jul 03, 2022
SV:
Great work. However, there are typographical errors in the book at several places. This mustn't happen with Penguin.
India on Aug 03, 2019
D. F. Whipple:
This is a lively read. It's also an interesting artifact from an artist who, from her perch atop the turmoil of World War I Paris, managed to craft a work that was modern in style, yet classically human in expression. Here she stood on the cusp of 19th and 20th century literature: T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland this is not, nor is it Hemingway's musings on the Lost Generation or Fitzgerald's cold, vacuous and material world. It's not cubist or surrealist, either, despite the influences evident elsewhere in her work. Instead, this is Gertrude Stein unplugged: witty, hip, self-deprecating, self-aggrandizing, opinionated and sharp, and we love her for it. It's a book about hanging out with friends in Paris, and that's about it, thank you. It has a whimsical style reminiscent of Seinfeld, but with the real-life characters of Picasso, Hemingway, doughboys and lovers wandering through the set, it also carries literary weight and impact.
In a sense, this is a book about nothing, but it's delivered with such intelligence and energy, one might swear Gertrude Stein is leading the reader through her teeming streets of early 20th century Paris on the way to catching a...
United States on Jan 17, 2008
| Exploring the Life of Gertrude Stein Through the Eyes of Alice B. Toklas: An Autobiography | Uncovering the Real-Life Inspiration Behind Ernest Hemingway's Classic Novel: The Sun Also Rises | Exploring the Global Impact of Joseph Conrad's 'The Dawn Watch': An Analysis | |
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| Sale off | $3 OFF | $2 OFF | |
| Total Reviews | 35 reviews | 32 reviews | 9 reviews |
| Publisher | Vintage; Reissue edition | Mariner Books; Reprint edition | Penguin Books; Reprint edition |
| Paperback | 252 pages | 368 pages | 400 pages |
| Item Weight | 9.6 ounces | 10.5 ounces | 11 ounces |
| Memoirs (Books) | Memoirs | ||
| Dimensions | 5.26 x 0.71 x 8 inches | 5.31 x 0.9 x 8 inches | 5.49 x 0.85 x 8.22 inches |
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| ISBN-13 | 978-0679724636 | 978-0544944435 | 978-0143111047 |
| Language | English | English | English |
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,370 in Author Biographies #5,693 in Women's Biographies #15,486 in Memoirs | #435 in Artist & Architect Biographies #990 in Individual Artists #1,380 in Author Biographies | #406 in Emigrants & Immigrants Biographies #3,005 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies #3,427 in Author Biographies |
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| ISBN-10 | 067972463X | 0544944437 | 0143111043 |
United States on Oct 31, 2023