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The Age - Jan 25, 2012
PERHAPS no writer lends themselves to parody quite the way Gertrude Stein does. Beyond her mastery of cadence and epigrammatic wit, a lot of her work can seem whimsical nonsense - the kind of writing that sharply prefers style over sense.

Unlikely Routes Lead to Oscars

New York Times - Jan 25, 2012
“Nobody even knows Gertrude Stein anymore.” Mr. Allen disagreed. “Woody felt that you didn't really have to know those people to appreciate the film,” said Ms. Aronson, who is his sister. He may have been right. The movie has been the top grossing film ...

Two New Gertrude Stein Editions Get Yale's Royal Treatment

Publishers Weekly - Jan 17, 2012
By Gabe Habash In the two new Yale University Press editions of Gertrude Stein's works, the novel Ida and the experimental poem Stanzas in Meditation (both out January 17), readers will find comprehensive criticism and working drafts of the works, ...

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Life Sentences: Literary Judgments and Accounts

by: William H Gass
A dazzling new collection of essays—on reading, writing, form, and thought—from one of America’s master writers.
 
It begins with the personal, both past and present. It emphasizes Gass’s lifelong attachment to books and moves on to the more analytical, as he ponders the work of some of his favorite writers (among them Kafka, Nietzsche, Henry James, Gertrude Stein, Proust). He writes about a few topics equally burning but less loved (the Nobel Prize–winner and Nazi sympathizer Knut Hamsun; the Holocaust).
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

by: Gertrude Stein
Stein's most famous work; one of the richest and most irreverent biographies ever written.
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The Book of Salt: A Novel

by: Monique Truong
The Book of Salt serves up a wholly original take on Paris in the 1930s through the eyes of Binh, the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. Viewing his famous mesdames and their entourage from the kitchen of their rue de Fleurus home, Binh observes their domestic entanglements while seeking his own place in the world. In a mesmerizing tale of yearning and betrayal, Monique Truong explores Paris from the salons of its artists to the dark nightlife of its outsiders and exiles.
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Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories

by: Gertrude Stein
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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