{"product_id":"frida-the-award-winning-novel-about-the-colourful-and-captivating-life-of-frida-kahlo-9781035426805","title":"Frida: The Award-Winning Novel about the Colourful and Captivating Life of Frida Kahlo","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The portrait of a fascinating, eccentric, and indomitable woman . . . an incandescent novel' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eElle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No author has yet captured Frida's tragic life in words as sensually and passionately as this' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrazia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Claire Berest writes as captivatingly and vividly as Frida Kahlo painted' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eParis Match\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF ELLE FRANCE'S GRAND PRIX DES LECTRICES. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Safekeep, \u003c\/i\u003eTracy Chevalier and Ali Smith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the story of Diego and Frida, who couldn't live without each other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey meet at a party. She knows everything about him, about his mythology, and he knows nothing of her, she is nobody. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is Mexico's greatest artist. She drinks like a sailor, wears flowers in her hair, talks openly about sex, loves attending protests and parties to wake the dead. She is from Coyoacán, twenty years his junior and with a broken spine to boot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven when her body is wracked with pain, she paints. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere were two great accidents in her life. The first was when that streetcar hit her . . . but by far the worst was meeting him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated into English for the first time, Claire Berest's award-winning novel is a striking fictional imagining of the vibrant life and tumultuous marriage of one of the world's most beloved artists: Frida Kahlo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mountain Leopard Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781035426805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Claire Berest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52873248342197,"sku":"9781035426805","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/frida-the-award-winning-novel-about-the-colourful-and-captivating-life-of-frida-kahlo-9781035426805","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}