| The Heart to Artemis: A Writer's Memoir Paris Press Edition Contributor(s): Bryher (Author) |
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ISBN: 1930464088 ISBN-13: 9781930464087 Publisher: Paris Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2006 Annotation: "A work so rich in interest, so direct, revealing, and, above all, thought-provoking that this reader found it the most consistently exciting book of its kind to appear in many years."-"The New York Times" Bryher (1894-1985)-adventurer, novelist, publisher-flees Victorian Britain for the raucous streets of Cairo and sultry Parisian cafes. Amidst the intellectual circles of the twenties and thirties, she develops relationships with Marianne Moore, Freud, Paul Robeson, her longtime partner H.D., Stein, and others. This compelling memoir reveals Bryher's exotic childhood, her impact on modernism, and her sense of social justice-helping over 100 people escape from the Nazis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Social Scientists & Psychologists - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2006010700 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.04" W x 9.04" (1.30 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Out of Africa meets A Moveable Feast in this swashbuckling memoir of courage, literary passion, and adventure Bryher, adventurer, novelist, publisher flees Victorian Britain for the raucous streets of Cairo and the sultry Parisian cafes. Among the vibrancy of artists and writers in twenties and thirties Paris, London, and beyond, she develops relationships with Ernest Hemingway, Sigmund Freud, Gertrude Stein, Man Ray, Sylvia Beach, and many others. This compelling memoir reveals Bryher's unconventional childhood, her relationship with her longtime partner H.D., her impact on modernism, and her profound sense of social justice, helping over 100 people escape from the Nazis before fleeing her safe-house on Lake Geneva and returning to H.D. in London. |
