Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo

from michaelbartley

I liked this book a lot, ms. herrera brought frida, diego and the art world alive wonderful life wonderful book

from kbullfrog

read this book some years ago and it still shapes and haunts me. her life was such an elaborate interweaving of pain and celebration, primal and devastating. Herrera does a magnificent job of balancing a biographical, historical examination of this larger than life figure, along with examining th...

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I've always loved a well-written biography. This one reminded me of the biography I read in college about Georgia O'Keefe. After watching the award-winning movie "Frida" based on the book, Larry got me the book for my birthday. The movie and the book are great companions.

from gbjefferso

Part of series of books on Hispanics of Achievement, Frida Kahlo, trails the life of a beautiful, talented young woman who suffers through a series of tragedies and uses the canvass as narrative of her life and well as voice for the political movements of her time. Frida Kahlo's life will capture...

from MariaKhristina

I read this while I was in Mexico during a 3 week back packing trip. It really was the perfect book to read especially since I could visualize Frida's home ,which I made my boyfriend go to, and all of the big beautiful spaces of Mexico City and Mexico in general. I also really loved how it exami...