Reviews for Gertrude Stein

The average rating for Gertrude Stein based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-09 00:00:00 Cathryn Haber This was a fascinating and accessible introduction to Gertrude Stein. Well, for me it was an introduction, because as much as I admire the idea of Gertrude Stein, I have always found her works daunting. This was an illuminating biography, composed mostly of Stein's own words, that helped me get a little bit of a grip on what Stein was thinking. I docked a star for the fact that the book slowed down and became less compelling towards the end, because Gertrude Stein's later works used language that might be a little more tethered to standard English, but are still exhausting to follow. The first 3/4 of the book, covering her early literary experimentation and associations with fellow geniuses like Picasso and Hemingway made it all worthwhile, though.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-06-21 00:00:00 Brian Mcoy The book itself is a great book! It contains lots of photographs, quotes, and excerpts from Gertrude's writing, that, when put together, tell the story of Gertrude's life. The author did a great job of choosing the important parts of Gertrude's writing where she revealed insight into her life. That being said, I really don't like Gertrude's writing style and was hoping for some more detached observer narrative, along with Gertrude's writing, to tell her life story. She kept fascinating company and I wanted to hear more stories about that, not in her own words. That's just my preference though, so if you are a big Stein fan and enjoy her writing, you'll like this. The pictures are great!