Surreal Lives by Ruth Brandon
In the years following World War I, a small group of writers, painters, and filmmakers called the Surrealists set out to change the way we perceive the world. In Surreal Lives, Ruth Brandon follows the lives and interactions of such firecracker minds as the movement's didactic Pope, Andre Breton and the ambitious and manic Salvador Dali, as well as Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Man Ray, Max Ernst, and filmmaker Luis Bunuel. It charts the shifting allegiances, such muses and patrons as Gala Dali and Peggy Guggenheim. Ruth Brandon spins the many stories of Surrealism with wit, energy, and insight, bringing sharp analysis to an eccentric cast of characters whose struggles and achievements came to mirror and define the way the world changed between the wars.
Brandon, Ruth: - Ruth Brandon is an acclaimed novelist and cultural historian. She is the author of Houdini (Random House); The Spiritualists (Knopf), and Ugly Beauty: Helena Rubinstein, L'Orü¾Ž–”¼al, and the Blemished History of Looking Good (Harper). She lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802137272 |
| ISBN 10 | 080213727X |
| Title | Surreal Lives |
| Author | Ruth Brandon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Black Cat |
| Year published | 2000-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 538 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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