Gertrude Stein : an afterlife / Francesca Wade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wade, Francesca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.

Stein, Gertrude.

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946--Criticism and interpretation.

Toklas, Alice B.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Americans--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Americans.

Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Paris (France).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

471 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Scribner, 2025.

Summary:

"Gertrude Stein's salon at 27 rue de Fleurus in the 6th arrondissement of Paris is the stuff of literary legend. Many have tried to capture the spirit and glamour of the place that once entertained andfostered the likes of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, but perhaps none as determinedly, and self-consciously, as Stein herself. In this ... biography of the polarizing, trailblazing author, collector, salonnìere, and tastemaker, Francesca Wade rescues Stein from the tangle of contradictions that has characterized her legacy, ... presenting us with this towering literary figure as we've never seen her before. ... Pushing beyond the conventions of literary biography, [this book] is a bold, innovative examination of the nature of legacy and memory itself,in which Wade uncovers the origins of Stein's radical writing and reveals new depths to the storied relationship that made it possible"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2025 by Faber & Faber Ltd"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1982186011

9781982186012

OCLC:

1492444044