Claire Berest

The passionate love affair that triggered a revolution, and the story of a remarkable woman living in extraordinary times An atmospheric, exuberant novel about love and sex, art and revolution, experimentation and creativity from the best-selling author of The Postcard, Anne Berest, and her sister, the acclaimed novelist Claire Berest, based on the life of their great grandmother. The year...

'The portrait of a fascinating, eccentric, and indomitable woman . . . an incandescent novel' Elle 'No author has yet captured Frida's tragic life in words as sensually and passionately as this' Grazia 'Claire Berest writes as captivatingly and vividly as Frida Kahlo painted' Paris Match WINNER OF ELLE FRANCE'S GRAND PRIX DES LECTRICES This is the story of Diego...

An atmospheric, exuberant novel about love and sex, art and revolution, experimentation and creativity from the best-selling author of The Postcard, Anne Berest, and her sister, the acclaimed novelist Claire Berest, based on the life of their great-grandmother. The year is 1908, the height of the Belle Epoque, and a brilliant, young French woman named Gabriële, newly graduated from the...