{"product_id":"frida-4","title":"Frida By Berest, Claire","description":"\u003cp\u003e''The portrait of a fascinating, eccentric, and indomitable woman . . . an incandescent novel'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''No author has yet captured Frida''s tragic life in words as sensually and passionately as this'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrazia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Claire Berest writes as captivatingly and vividly as Frida Kahlo painted'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis Match\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF ELLE FRANCE''S GRAND PRIX DES LECTRICES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the story of Diego and Frida who couldn''t live without each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey meet at a party. She knows everything about him, about his mythology, and he knows nothing of her, she is nobody.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven when her body is wracked with pain, she paints.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere were two great accidents in her life. The first was when that streetcar hit her . . .  but by far the worst was meeting him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated into English for the first time, Claire Berest''s award-winning novel is a striking and lyrical fictional imagining of the vibrant life and tumultuous marriage of one of the world''s most enigmatic and beloved artists: Frida Kahlo. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Safekeep, \u003c\/i\u003eTracy Chevalier and Ali Smith.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820667871614,"sku":"NW9781035426799","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781035426799.jpg?v=1786167642","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/frida-4","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}