Water from a Bucket: A Diary 1948-1957

Introduction by Lynne Tillman

• "Like Tosca, Charles Henri Ford has lived for art and for love. In this scintillating diary, Ford presents his extended visits to war-torn France and Italy and his friendships with Cocteau, Paul Bowles, Gertrude Stein, Jean Genet, Truman Capote, and Tennessee Williams... "These pages show a golden moment before art surrendered to commerce, before gay life became brainless and ghettoized and before America turned its back on Europe. No wonder Ford considers Water from a Bucket his masterpiece." -Edmund White
• "A wonderful piece of writing. This provoking, pleasurable, unexpected book is a true labour of love." -Neil Bartlett, Gay Times (London)

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Turtle Point Press
Published: 01/18/2008
ISBN: 9781885586209
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/28/2001 pg. 63
Foreword 09/01/2001 pg. 67
Lambda Book Report 01/01/2002 pg. 22