{"product_id":"life-of-david-hockney-9781590519837","title":"Life of David Hockney","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Catherine Cusset's book caught a lot of me. I could recognize myself.\" --David Hockney \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith clear, vivid prose, this meticulously researched novel draws an intimate, moving portrait of the most famous living English painter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in 1937 in a small town in the north of England, David Hockney had to fight to become an artist. After leaving his home in Bradford for the Royal College of Art in London, his career flourished, but he continued to struggle with a sense of not belonging, because of his homosexuality, which had yet to be decriminalized, and his inclination for a figurative style of art not sufficiently \"contemporary\" to be valued. Trips to New York and California--where he would live for many years and paint his iconic swimming pools--introduced him to new scenes and new loves, beginning a journey that would take him through the fraught years of the AIDS epidemic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A compelling hybrid of novel and biography, \u003ci\u003eLife of David Hockney\u003c\/i\u003e offers an insightful overview of a painter whose art is as accessible as it is compelling, and whose passion to create has never been deterred by heartbreak or illness or loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590519837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catherine Cusset","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43705106956469,"sku":"9781590519837","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_befb1012-e752-487e-b036-2dceec564fc6.jpg?v=1709654667","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/life-of-david-hockney-9781590519837","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}