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Many have tried to capture the spirit of the place that once entertained and fostered the likes of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Pablo Picasso, but perhaps none as determinedly, and self-consciously, as Stein herself. In this \"well researched, intriguing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e) biography of the trailblazing author, art collector, salonnière, and tastemaker, Francesca Wade rescues Stein from the tangle of contradictions that has characterized her legacy, presenting us with this towering literary figure, and her enigmatic partner, as we've never seen them before.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A genius to her admirers, a charlatan to her detractors, Gertrude Stein achieved international celebrity in 1933 with her bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas\u003c\/i\u003e, written in the voice of her devoted partner--a triumph, which, ironically, only drew attention away from the avant-garde poetry she called her \"real\" writing. After Stein's death in 1946, Alice B. Toklas made it her mission to shepherd all of Stein's unpublished writing into print while negotiating her own fraught role in the complex mythology they had built together. Meanwhile, the biographers who flocked to Stein's newly opened archive found a surprising trove of secrets that would change Stein's image forever: a forgotten novel, a cache of love letters, and a series of notebooks that shed entirely new light on her early years in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pushing beyond the conventions of literary biography, \u003ci\u003eGertrude Stein: An Afterlife \"\u003c\/i\u003ewill forever be an essential tool for anyone studying or reading Gertrude Stein,\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e) through its bold examination of the nature of legacy and memory itself, uncovering the origins of Stein's radical style and revealing new depths to the storied relationship that made it possible. Captivating and brilliant, \u003ci\u003eGertrude Stein: An Afterlife\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking examination of a true literary giant.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52494950793489,"sku":"NIN9781982186012","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53264077062417,"sku":"CIN1982186011G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53582671151377,"sku":"CIN1982186011VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781982186012.jpg?v=1766139414"},{"product_id":"gertrude-stein-book-francesca-wade-9780571369348","title":"Gertrude Stein","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD 2025  'Strikingly accomplished . . . utterly compelling.' SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterpiece of biography.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A total joy to read.' SARAH BAKEWELL 'I feel like I've been waiting for this book my whole life.' SHEILA HETI  A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN: THE GUARDIAN THE SPECTATOR THE TELEGRAPH THE INDEPENDENT ARTFORUM WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NPR'S FRESH AIR  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 celebrity.   Yet Stein hoped to be remembered not for her personality but for her work. From her deathbed, she charged her partner with securing her place in literary history. How would her legend shift once it was Toklas's turn to tell the stories - especially when uncomfortable aspects of their past emerged from the archive? Using astonishing never-before-seen material, Wade uncovers the origins of Stein's radical writing, and reveals new depths to the storied relationship which made it possible.  This is Gertrude Stein as she was when nobody was watching: captivating, complex and human.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53336253858065,"sku":"NLS9780571369348","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53478035194129,"sku":"GOR014940117","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780571369348.jpg?v=1774305571"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-francesca-wade.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}