{"product_id":"finding-dora-maar-an-artist-an-address-book-a-life-paperback-1","title":"Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrigitte Benkemoun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJody Gladding\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] spirited and deeply researched project.... [Benkemoun's] affection for her subject is infectious. This book gives a satisfying treatment to a woman who has been confined for decades to a Cubist's limited interpretation.\" -- Joumana Khatib, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerging biography, memoir, and cultural history, this compelling book, a bestseller in France, traces the life of Dora Maar through a serendipitous encounter with the artist's address book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn search of a replacement for his lost Hermès agenda, Brigitte Benkemoun's husband buys a vintage diary on eBay. When it arrives, she opens it and finds inside private notes dating back to 1951--twenty pages of phone numbers and addresses for Balthus, Brassaï, André Breton, Jean Cocteau, Paul Éluard, Leonor Fini, Jacqueline Lamba, and other artistic luminaries of the European avant-garde.\u003cp\u003eAfter realizing that the address book belonged to Dora Maar--Picasso's famous \"Weeping Woman\" and a brilliant artist in her own right--Benkemoun embarks on a two-year voyage of discovery to learn more about this provocative, passionate, and enigmatic woman, and the role that each of these figures played in her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the prestigious literary award Prix Renaudot, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinding Dora Maar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a fascinating and breathtaking portrait of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work received support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States through their publishing assistance program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrigitte Benkemoun is a journalist and writer. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLa petite fille sur la photo\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eAlbert le Magnifique\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jody Gladding is a poet and translator. She has translated some thirty books from French, including, most recently, Roland Barthes's \u003ci\u003eAlbum: Unpublished Correspondence and Texts\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), Michel Pastoureau's \u003ci\u003eYellow: The History of a Color\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and Jean Giono's \u003ci\u003eOccupation Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45805961674949,"sku":"9781606066591","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/MtCHgEghNz9781606066591.webp?v=1783464979","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/finding-dora-maar-an-artist-an-address-book-a-life-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}