Hilary Spurling
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
An engrossing biography of Buck, a woman whose fascinating life gave her a unique outlook on the plight of women and the suffering of China's rural poor.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 512 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
It is hard to believe today that Matisse was once almost universally reviled and ridiculed. His response was neither to protest nor to retreat; he simply pushed on from one innovation to the next, and left the world to draw its own conclusions. Unfortunately, these were generally false and often damaging. Throughout his life and afterward people fantasized about his models and circulated baseless fabrications about his private life. Fifty years after...