The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas - Hardcover

Stein, MS Gertrude

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849023484 ISBN 13: 9781849023481

Publisher: Oxford City Press, 2011

Synopsis

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was written in 1933 by Gertrude Stein in the guise of an autobiography authored by Alice B. Toklas, who was her lover. It is a fascinating insight into the art scene in Paris as the couple were friends with Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. They begin the war years in England but return to France, volunteering for the American Fund for the French Wounded, driving around France, helping the wounded and homeless. After the war Gertrude has an argument with T. S. Eliot after he finds one of her writings inappropriate. They become friends with Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway. It was written to make money and was indeed a commercial success. However, it attracted criticism, especially from those who appeared in the book and didn't like the way they were depicted.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Largely to amuse herself, Gertrude Stein wrote this book in 1932..using as a sounding board her companion Miss Toklas, who had been with her for twenty-five years. The book is full of the most lucid and shapely anecdotes, told in a purer and more closely fitting prose...than even Gide or Hemingway have ever commanded.

From the Inside Flap:

Stein's most famous work; one of the richest and most irreverent biographies ever written.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford City Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1849023484
• ISBN 13: 9781849023481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 206