I came to know about Frida Kahlo and her extraordinary life though the Salma Hayek movie. It led me to an approximately two week run of obsession with Frida. I couldn't decide which was more colourful, morbid and captivating - her life or her work. The same conundrum occurs when you read this book. A first person fictional account, Slavenka tries to get into the pain riddles artistic mind of the artist. No new facets of Frida's life is revealed. The pain, the surgeries, the loves and the emotions and experiences leading to most of her famous paintings is meticulously covered. Sometimes a little too meticulously.
Its a life and a book filled with pain, sometimes getting too caught up in its own little whirlpool of describing the agonies.
All in all a good read for Frida fans.
5/10
Its a life and a book filled with pain, sometimes getting too caught up in its own little whirlpool of describing the agonies.
All in all a good read for Frida fans.
5/10
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