My Life (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2018
- Softcover
- New
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Paperback. Marc Chagall's colourful, hilarious, dream-like autobiographyChagall was born in Witebsk in White Russia, the son of a herring merchant who lived opposite a laundress and a chimney sweep. After the Revolution, while waiting for emigration papers, he wrote his autobiography at the age of 34.My Life reads like one of Chagall's paintings: emotional, fragmentary, humorous, colourful and dream-like, soaked in nostalgia for Jewish small-town society, familiar to us from The Fiddler on the Roof. It combines a colourist's eye for detail, an artist's passion for life, a satirical sense of humour with a backdrop of Belle poque Paris and revolutionary Russia. The character sketches are magnificent.Chagall produced 50 illustrations which accompany the text. The first English translation of My Life was published in 1965 and it has been in print ever since. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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- Title
- My Life (Paperback)
- Author
- Marc Chagall
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, London
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0241331412
- ISBN 13
- 9780241331415
''As fresh, poignant and individual as his paintings'' Lucy Beckett, TLS, Books of the Year 2018
''Here is my soul. Look for me here; here I am, here are my pictures, my roots''
Marc Chagall, one of the twentieth century''s most popular artists, grew up in a close-knit, bustling Russian-Jewish community, the son of a herring seller. In his colourful, dreamlike autobiography, written as he was about to leave his homeland for good in 1922, he vividly brings to life the memories and places that fed into his unique work, from his shtetl childhood to revolutionary Russia and Belle Èpoque Paris. Filled with Chagall''s own evocative illustrations, My Life is as warm, joyful and humane as his art.
''Chagall writes as whimsically as he paints: lovingly ofother people, humorously and lovingly of himself'' Daily Mail
''Anyone who likes Chagall''s paintings will enjoy this book:the work of an unteachable, unspoiled folk artist'' Evening Standard
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