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Life with Picasso
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
Françoise Gilot was in her early 20s when she met the 61-year-old Pablo Picasso in 1943. Brought up in a well-to-do, upper-middle-class family, who had sent her to Cambridge and the Sorbonne and hoped that she would go into law, the young woman defied their wishes and set her sights on being an artist. Her introduction to Picasso led to a friendship, a love affair, and a relationship of 10 years, during which Gilot gave birth to Picasso's two children, Paloma and Claude. Gilot was one of Picasso's muses; she was also very much her own woman, determined to make herself into the remarkable painter she did indeed become.
Life with Picasso, written with Carlton Lake and published in 1961, is about Picasso the artist and Picasso the man. We hear him talking about painting and sculpture, his life, his career, as well as other artists, both contemporaries and old masters. We glimpse Picasso in his many and volatile moods, dismissing his work, exultant over his work, entertaining his various superstitions, being an anxious father. But Life with Picasso is not only a portrait of a great artist at the height of his fame; it is also a picture of a talented young woman of exacting intelligence at the outset of her own notable career.
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- diana lowe
- 12-11-21
Great story
A great insight into living with Picasso, I found it really interesting. I recommend this to anyone who is interested in Picasso.
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- chacha
- 29-02-24
quite the artistic discovery
perceptive, poignant and insightful around the artist relationship. Dominance and neediness to create and be adored.
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- Atticus
- 05-02-23
Fascinating story, terrible narration
The narrator was breathy and terrible. Such a shame as it ruins a great, insightful tale
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- Ezada
- 20-06-23
excellent book
I loved everything about it. The narrative was easy to follow and exciting and the performance was great, with an awesome french accent
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- chloe sevigny
- 18-02-20
Great story, awful narration.
Fascinating details of Picasso’s life , bizarre and infuriating reading. The reader’s phrasing and lilting way of speaking are extremely distracting and annoying and the decision to narrate characters’ lines with an approximation of French and Spanish/French accents is completely insane and sounds ridiculous . It would be comical if it didn’t take away from the enjoyment of the book so much.
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- Clare Chettle
- 29-05-24
Fascinating listen
This story was fascinating. Francois discusses her relationship with Picasso so frankly. It was interesting to hear about their relationship with matisse & other amazing artists. Hearing how Picasso lived during Nazi occupied France and how he protected Matisse and his own art works.
It was also interesting to hear how Francois didn’t loose herself to Picasso and how she navigated her own career and his narcissism.
The book was well written & well read in my opinion. Thank you
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- Tom O'Rourke
- 19-09-21
Beautiful
Excellent reading and revealing biography of lives fraught by circumstances and diversity tres bon
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- JMD
- 29-06-23
i think it has been said
Fascinating pen portrait but narration just does not work. Picasso speaks lots but the Spanish accent offered here is not great. The rest of the narration does not thankfully attempt a French accent but his very breathy and affected and difficult to put up with for long periods.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-12-23
Aargh the narration!
Quite possibly the most irritating narration I’ve ever heard. Ruined an interesting story. I couldn’t finish it, the reader was simply so annoying.
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- tim haines
- 11-10-21
Life with Picasso
Good story by read by someone who cannot pronounce French.. it drove me crazy, if you read French words, please ensure you get right..
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