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Bezig met laden... Kiki van Montparnasse (2008)door Catel Muller, José-Louis Bocquet
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I am ashamed to admit that, for a long time, I was snobbishly anti graphic books: all the prejudices were displayed, "I'm too old for comics", etc. I was wrong. The graphic format gives this biography an immediacy which suits its subject. Kiki, or Alice, as she was christened, was a lady who lived life to the full. As so often happens, life took its revenge and she ended her days in a pretty sad condition. I genuinely feel that, through these pages, I know Kiki far better than I would have done from a traditional print biography. An excellent book. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In bohemian Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki escaped poverty to become one of the most charismatic figures of the avant-garde years between the wars. Partner to Man Ray, and one of the first emancipated women of the 20th century, Kiki made her mark with her freedom of style, word, and thought that could be learned from only one school - the school of life. Praise for Kiki de Montparnasse: "The tipsily enthusiastic wobble of Catel's line work gives even the more emotionally fraught scenes a winning, festive quality." - New York Times "The toast of France, Catel Muller and José-Louis Bocquet's award-winning graphic novel Kiki de Montparnasse (Abrams/SelfMadeHero) . . . seduces American audiences with its artful and heartbreaking portrait of one of the most famous muses of the 20th century." - VanityFair.com "An excellent companion to readers of Anaïs Nin, Simone de Beauvoir, and other of Kiki's less flamboyant contemporaries." - Booklist "This award-winning French graphic novel presents a story as vibrant and mesmerizing as its famed bohemian subject." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This hefty tome covers a near yearly account of Kiki's life, and we get a clear picture of just how rooted she was in the art world from the late 1910s onward. I wondered, though, by the time I was deep in the novel, about the aims of the author. I had a feeling he wanted to elicit a feeling of sympathy for the tragedy in Kiki's life, but I found her to be simply neurotic much of the time. Sure, her hard-knock upbringing didn't give her a terribly strong foundation, and there were a few instances where I truly felt sorry for her, but mostly I just saw a woman who didn't know what she wanted and demanded a lot without any real consideration for those around her. Her naivete seemed to have persisted through most of her life. This hardly seems emancipated, as the book's synopsis claims her to be...unless you consider emancipation the ability to live in Paris by hopping from one man's bed to another and doing lots of blow. Not quite the person I'd suggest a young woman to look up to. DESPITE THIS, I really did appreciate the chance to get a glimpse into the life of this legend, which I might not have otherwise come across, and it has prompted me to go back and search through all my books for images of Kiki now that I have a better understanding of her as a person. ( )