Author: | Shaun Usher | ISBN: | 9780525506447 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | October 6, 2020 |
Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | English |
Author: | Shaun Usher |
ISBN: | 9780525506447 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication: | October 6, 2020 |
Imprint: | Penguin Books |
Language: | English |
From Napoléon Bonaparte and Frida Kahlo to Nelson Mandela and Patti Smith, glimpse the ardors of artists, painters, writers, and more in this touching volume of beautiful missives, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections
Beethoven yearns to see his famously unknown Immortal Beloved. A Victorian farmer proposes marriage to a woman he's never met. Georgia O'Keeffe writes to Alfred Stieglitz of her aching fervor for him. Zora Neale Hurston gives her ex-husband relationship advice. Revealing deep, eternal truths from the heart, this intimate collection of 30 letters traces all of love's incarnations, from first blush and mutual enchantment to unrequited feelings and the ache of passions past. It offers a rare, passionate, and timeless look at what it means to love and be loved.
From Napoléon Bonaparte and Frida Kahlo to Nelson Mandela and Patti Smith, glimpse the ardors of artists, painters, writers, and more in this touching volume of beautiful missives, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections
Beethoven yearns to see his famously unknown Immortal Beloved. A Victorian farmer proposes marriage to a woman he's never met. Georgia O'Keeffe writes to Alfred Stieglitz of her aching fervor for him. Zora Neale Hurston gives her ex-husband relationship advice. Revealing deep, eternal truths from the heart, this intimate collection of 30 letters traces all of love's incarnations, from first blush and mutual enchantment to unrequited feelings and the ache of passions past. It offers a rare, passionate, and timeless look at what it means to love and be loved.