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Russell Martin (1) (1952–)

Autore di I capelli di Beethoven

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13 opere 1,171 membri 27 recensioni

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Russell Martin is the author of five works of nonfiction, including the highly acclaimed Out of Silence, and a novel. He lives in Colorado. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1952-07-25
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Durango, Colorado, USA
Luogo di residenza
Denver, Colorado, USA

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On May 11th, 1937, only two weeks after the insurgent Nazi Condor Legion bombed Guernica, Spain, Pablo Picasso commenced painting his famous masterpiece. While Picasso's War celebrates Picasso's work of art, "Guernica," it also paints a biography of Picasso, the passionately flawed man. Picasso who couldn't stay faithful to one woman; Picasso who saved everything ever given to him. As a painter, his art was as polarizing as cilantro. In 1981 the famous painting still had to be protected from terrorists with armed guards.
Coincidentally, Martin was standing in from of "Guernica" on September 11th, 2001.
The biggest surprise for me was learning of Herbert Southworth, an unsung hero of the Guernica saga. He had a clerical job at the Library of Congress and he was convinced he could get to the bottom of who actually bombed Guernica. Despite denials, he needed to convince the American public of Franco's threat to Democracy.
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SeriousGrace | 1 altra recensione | Apr 20, 2022 |
Basement office shelf to the left of the computer
middle shelf
 
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JRHFA | 1 altra recensione | Nov 3, 2021 |
Easy enough to read, lots of interesting detail, but 1) not very challenging, 2) a glossary and/or diagrams were needed for those of us who have yet to build a dam, 3) it would have been more interesting to see the author take a stance and not ride the fence.
 
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untraveller | Oct 12, 2018 |
This was a very interesting book to read. It was almost like reading an episode of CSI. This book goes back and forth between the boigraphy of Ludwing Van Beethoven and a group of scientists (including Che Guevara) that have bought a strand of hair of the german composer that has been passed though generations in musicians' families. the book is full of pictures of DNA tests, scientific research and photographs revisiting places where Beethoven had been.
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MonikaNicole | 6 altre recensioni | Feb 3, 2018 |

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Opere
13
Utenti
1,171
Popolarità
#21,976
Voto
½ 3.6
Recensioni
27
ISBN
65
Lingue
5

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