Reviews for Confiscation in Irish History (1917)

The average rating for Confiscation in Irish History (1917) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-08-15 00:00:00 Joel Coulson I was captivated by her self portrait in the recent Queer Britain exhibition at the Tate and beetled straight to the shop hoping for a biography and there was one! Yay! Another book book (not e-book) for Chloe to read...is this a new trend? It's a big old book for a life where...not masses happened. More than anything that's happened in MY life, for sure, but still. It's great that it has pictures (of pictures) but they're in black and white...feels very diminishing. The book certainly timelines her life and loves and her battles and her triumphs. As a life goes, they're interesting. But I don't feel the book paints HER for us...it tells and it doesn't show. I've met plenty of women with a touch of Gluck and they're fascinating, fabulous and frustrating. For me, the point of biography is that you get enveloped in personality - not just the facts.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-05-18 00:00:00 Ken Mcgee I wanted to learn more about Gluck after watching a documentary that focused on her gender and sexual identity, so this book seemed like a great way to get a fuller sense of her as a person and an artist. This was certainly a very interesting read, but I did find myself hoping for more at times. I was very intrigued by the contradictions inherent within Gluck and I enjoyed learning more about her artistic process and turbulent love life, but at times it also felt like she did not lead the most eventful life. I liked seeing pictures of her work, but I will need to go away and google them as I imagine without colour the effect is lacking somewhat. On the whole, an interesting read!