A portrait of George Orwell's second wife, as presented by a friend, notes her achievements with Cyril Connolly on Horizon magazine, her editorial work on her husband's nonfiction writings, his portra
Henri Matisse was one of the most important and beloved artists of the twentieth century, rivalled only by his friend - and competitor - Pablo Picasso. Hilary Spurling's The Unknown Matisse and Matiss
In this astounding book (winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year 2005) Hilary Spurling's fascinating exploration of Matisse's world uncovers the secret life of the artist, whose paintings shocked and
"Hilary Spurling's THE UNKNOWN MATISSE is a truly wonderful biography. Her prose is muscular, rhythmical, carrying a lot of information, yet swift, enthralling. She has done for Matisse what Geor
Anthony Powell: the literary genius who gave us A Dance to the Music of Time, an epic twelve spectacular volume cyle of novels about twentieth century British society. This comic masterpiece teems wit
The author of the award-winning, two-volume Matisse: A Life, now gives us the long-awaited, definitive biography of literary master Anthony Powell--the critic, editor, and novelist known as "the Engli
"The Whitbread Book of the Year-winning author of Matisse the Master presents a tribute to the life and work of the Pulitzer-winning author known for such works as The Good Earth, covering such topics
Henri Matisse is one of the masters of twentieth-century art and a household word to millions of people who find joy and meaning in his light-filled, colorful images--yet, despite all the books devote
“If my story were ever to be written down truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone,” wrote Henri Matisse. It is hard to believe today that Matisse, whose exhibitions draw huge crowds
The author of the much honored two-volume biography of Henri Matisse unearths the life and work of the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novels in the 1930’s and 40’s were the fi
One of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary Americans, Pearl Buck was the first person to make China accessible to the West.?She recreated the lives of ordinary Chinese people in The Good Earth,
Australian artist John Russell (1858–1930), an active and influential member of the French nineteenth-century avant garde, was a close friend of Vincent van Gogh and Auguste Rodin, taught impressionis
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)With a New Introduction by Hilary SpurlingThe Raj Quartet, Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years, has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and ?Proustian in
