O'Hara, Nicola Rose
Girl With Two Fingers
- ISBN 13:
- 9781916414020
- author:
- O'Hara, Nicola Rose
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- SCHNOFF
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 356
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.6 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Personal Memoirs, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Girl With Two Fingers is an intimate account of life as a subject for eight portraits by Lucian Freud. A young woman writer returns to London after living in Paris, and her accident serves as a wake-up call: what should she do with her life? She reaches out to the artist, and they begin working together. As she sits for her portrait, the writer reflects on her life and art. She keeps a diary, but eventually begins writing to an imaginary confidante instead. Her thoughts reveal a deep understanding of the world around her: "Every thing, be it glamorous or mundane, has a particularity of its own." This is a book about finding one's place in the world, and the power of art to capture that. The writer's story is one of self-discovery and independence. She stands up for herself in front of the artist, refusing to sit for her portrait. Instead, she claims her space: "My place on the planet is in this studio, my small space the shapes of my feet carved into the floor."
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