{"product_id":"frida-26th-sept","title":"Frida (26th Sept)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the story of Diego and Frida, who couldn't live without each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey meet at a party. She knows everything about him, about his mythology, and he knows nothing of her, she is nobody. He is Mexico's greatest artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe drinks like a sailor, wears flowers in her hair, talks openly about sex, loves attending protests and parties to wake the dead. She is from Coyoacán, twenty years his junior and with a broken spine to boot. Even when her body is wracked with pain, she paints.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere were two great accidents in her life. The first was when that streetcar hit her . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. but by far the worst was meeting him. Translated into English for the first time, Claire Berest's award-winning novel is a striking fictional imagining of the vibrant life and tumultuous marriage of one of the world's most beloved artists: Frida Kahlo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The portrait of a fascinating, eccentric, and indomitable woman . . . an incandescent novel' Elle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'No author has yet captured Frida's tragic life in words as sensually and passionately as this' Grazia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Claire Berest writes as captivatingly and vividly as Frida Kahlo painted' Paris Match\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWINNER OF ELLE FRANCE'S GRAND PRIX DES LECTRICES. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerfect for fans of The Artist, The Safekeep, Tracy Chevalier and Ali Smith.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book House (Thame)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096625262977,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/7873\/5421\/files\/9781035426805.jpg?v=1786620967","url":"https:\/\/shop.thebookhousethame.co.uk\/products\/frida-26th-sept","provider":"The Book House Thame","version":"1.0","type":"link"}