Wild Girls: Paris, Sappho, and Art: The Lives and Loves of Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks
- ISBN-10
- 0312366604
- ISBN-13
- 9780312366605
- Series
- Wild Girls
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-04-17
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Diana Souhami
Description
A dual portrait of the poet and artist couple sets their lesbian relationship against a cultural backdrop of 1920s and 1930s Paris, describing Romaine's unhappy childhood, the patronage of Natalie's salon by several famous figures, and their fifty-year romance that endured in spite of numerous challenges. By the author of Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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