Cecil Jenkins
Autore di A Brief History of France
Opere di Cecil Jenkins
Chemistry for Schools (Part II) 1 copia
Chemistry for Schools (Part I) 1 copia
Opere correlate
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 134
- Popolarità
- #151,727
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 9
- Lingue
- 1
This novel follows Pablo Picasso and one of his many lovers, Dora. While the beginning experienced a slow start, once I was five chapters in I could not put this book down.
Many events in this book reflect the actual events that occurred, but are written in a more fictional way than a non fiction informational book. Having this book being written in the fictional, story telling format made this book more enjoyable and made me feel like I was actually there witnessing Picasso paint.
This book was beautifully written, and after the fact when I looked up the paintings to see how they compared to the descriptions in the novel, I was in awe of how descriptive the author was.
I usually dislike non fiction books, but picking this book up made me really reconsider the amount of dislike I have for them. If all works were based on non fiction like this book, I would feel the need to pick more books up.
The downside I saw to this book, was that I wanted a little more insight into the relationships Picasso had with the ex wife (who is only mentioned and not in a lot of the action of the novel) and with his currently lover and not mistress (Marie).
Overall, I loved this book. When this book finished, I was frustrated that I couldn't read more (which is not a bad thing at all)! I would definitely read another book by Cecil Jenkins after reading this amazing gem! This work of art (oh the puns and irony!).
Five out of five stars! I was unable to put this book down and I demand more! Also, it was signed by the author which made this book a little bit more special for me! (Okay, maybe a lot more special).
I received this book for free through Good Reads First Reads.… (altro)