Category: writers in paris

  • The band of palette-wielding buddies in Montmartre

    The band of palette-wielding buddies in Montmartre

    I really enjoyed this book despite initially having some worries. At first it was behaving like a historical novel, because Roe inserted dialogue that seemed to be invented. How do we know exactly what Picasso said to Fernande on a certain day? That concern faded, however, as the book became better documented without being too…

  • Natalie Barney & Gertrude Stein walking their dogs on the Left Bank

    Natalie Barney & Gertrude Stein walking their dogs on the Left Bank

    Book review: Wild Heart – Natalie Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris, by Suzanne Rodriguez. (5 out of 5 stars) This biography describes Natalie Barney, a wealthy American heiress and sometime writer who lived a carefree – to some extent – lesbian life on the Left Bank of Paris, at times overlapping with more…