Jasmin Darznik

The Bohemians (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A dazzling novel of one of America's most celebrated photographers, Dorothea Lange, exploring the wild years in San Francisco that awakened her career-defining grit, compassion, and daring. In 1918, Dorothea Lange leaves the East Coast for California, where a disaster kick-starts a new life. Her friendship with Caroline Lee, a vivacious, straight-talking woman with a complicated past, gives her entrée into Monkey Block, an artists' colony and the bohemian heart of San Francisco. Dazzled by Caroline and her friends, Dorothea is catapulted into a heady new world of freedom, art, and politics. She also finds herself unexpectedly--and unwisely--falling in love with Maynard Dixon, a brilliant but troubled painter. Dorothea and Caroline eventually create a flourishing portrait studio, but a devastating betrayal pushes their friendship to the breaking point and alters the course of their lives. The Bohemians captures San Francisco in the glittering and gritty 1920s, with cameos from such legendary figures as Mabel Dodge, Frida Kahlo, Ansel Adams, and DH Lawrence. At the same time, it is eerily resonant with contemporary themes, as anti-immigration sentiment, corrupt politicians, and the Spanish flu bring tumult to the city--and as the gift of friendship and the possibility of self-invention persist against the ferocious pull of history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780593129432
• Artikelnr.: 59818476

Autorenporträt

Jasmin Darznik is the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life and Song of a Captive Bird. Her books have been published in seventeen countries. She was born in Tehran, Iran, and came to America when she was five years old. She holds an MFA in fiction from Bennington College, a JD from the University of California, and a PhD in English from Princeton University. Now a professor of English and creative writing at California College of the Arts, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.

Rezensionen

If you loved Song of a Captive Bird like I did, you will want to read the latest creative historical biography by Jasmin Darznik. Darznik paints an illuminative portrait of the photographer and the woman. Ms. Magazine

Lange s story begins when she arrives in 1918 San Francisco . . . spinning into an all-too relevant tale of a woman dealing with a pandemic, rising anti-immigration sentiment, and a tumultuous political climate. PopSugar

In her riveting and resonant new novel, Jasmin Darznik captures San Francisco s heyday through the eyes of one of its most iconic residents. By exploring how Dorothea Lange witnessed her troubled and momentous times, Darznik speaks directly to our own. Anthony Marra, author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

You ll never look at a Dorothea Lange photograph the same way after reading Darznik s compelling portrait of the trailblazer who carved a glorious path through 1920s San Francisco. Darznik doesn t flinch when confronting the parallels to today, whether racism or anti-immigrant sentiment, yet her impeccable research grounds the story firmly in the heyday of the Jazz Age. A superb read. Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue

Dorothea Lange once famously said, Art is an act of total attention. Jasmin Darznik s breathtaking novel The Bohemians accomplishes that and more. Not only did it have me riveted from start to finish, through her words, history powerfully speaks to the present moment. Lara Prescott, author of The Secrets We Kept

A beautiful literary portrait of the one and only Dorothea Lange. Jasmin Darznik expertly delivers in this intriguing glimpse into the woman behind those unforgettable photographs of the Great Depression s impact on humanity. Highly readable and utterly relevant to our times. I was transported. Susan Meissner, bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things

Historical readers will treasure this engaging story . . . Darznik deftly depicts Lange's transformation into a renowned photographer. Library Journal

A powerful novel about a woman who shuns convention to follow her passion. Kirkus Reviews

Darznik is adept at depicting Dorothea s evolving worldview as well as San Francisco a decade after the earthquake, a world of raw possibility, especially for women artists. Publishers Weekly

Modern echoes abound in a city under a pall of economic turmoil and racial disharmony advanced by politicians for their own ends as well as the global influenza pandemic. Darznik has created an arresting portrait of two women set before an illuminating backdrop. Booklist