The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington
$40.40
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2019
Summary
In 2006 journalist Joanna Moorhead discovered that her father’s cousin, Prim, who had disappeared many decades earlier, was now a famous artist in Mexico. Although rarely spoken of in her own family (regarded as a black sheep, a wild child; someone they were better off without) in the meantime Leonora Carrington had become a national treasure in Mexico, where she now lived, while her paintings are fetching ever-higher prices at auction today.
Intrigued by her story, Joanna set off to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349008790 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349008795 |
| Author: | Joanna Moorhead |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 28mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
This biography is as strange and haunting as Leonora Carrington’s surrealist paintings
This biography is as strange and haunting as Leonora Carrington’s surrealist paintings - Sunday Times
The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington could easily have run to at least a hundred or so extra pages without exhausting its subject … a charming and at times inspirational book - Literary ReviewAn intimate portrait of this wild child of surrealism and tells her fascinating story as recounted during a series of meetings in the later stages of her life - Tate etc.About The Author
Joanna Moorhead
Joanna Moorhead writes for the Guardian. Born in Lancashire, she now lives in London. The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington is her first book.
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