Frida's Bed Tapa blanda - 2008

de Slavenka Drakulic; Christina Pribichevich-Zoric (Translator)

A beautifully imagined story of the last days of Frida Kahlo's life

A few days before Frida Kahlo's death in 1954, shewrote in her diary, 'I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never toreturn.' Diagnosed with polio at the age of six and plagued byillness and injury throughout her life, Kahlo's chronic pain was arecurrent theme in her extraordinary art. In Frida's Bed, SlavenkaDrakulicĈ explores the inner life of one of the world's most influentialfemale artists, skillfully weaving Frida's memories into descriptionsof her paintings, producing a meditation on the nature of chronicpain and creativity. With an intriguing subject whose unusual lifecontinues to fascinate, this poignant imagining of Kahlo's thoughtsduring her final hours by another daringly original and uncompromisingcreative talent will attract readers of literary fiction and artlovers alike.