{"product_id":"9781035426799","title":"Frida","description":"Author: Claire Berest\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035426799\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Welbeck Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Apr 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The portrait of a fascinating, eccentric, and indomitable woman . . . an incandescent novel' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'No author has yet captured Frida's tragic life in words as sensually and passionately as this' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrazia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Like wandering through a painting - riotous with colour, overflowing with imagery... it captures something of Frida herself that feels totally right' \u003cb\u003eEmily Howes, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Painter's Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF ELLE FRANCE'S GRAND PRIX DES LECTRICES. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Safekeep, \u003c\/i\u003eTracy Chevalier and Ali Smith.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the story of Diego and Frida, who couldn't live without each other.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey meet at a party. She knows everything about him, about his mythology, and he knows nothing of her, she is nobody.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is Mexico's greatest artist. She drinks like a sailor, wears flowers in her hair, talks openly about sex, loves attending protests and parties to wake the dead. She is from Coyoacan, twenty years his junior and with a broken spine to boot.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven when her body is wracked with pain, she paints.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere were two great accidents in her life. The first was when that streetcar hit her . . . but by far the worst was meeting him.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated into English for the first time, Claire Berest's award-winning novel is a striking  fictional imagining of the vibrant life and tumultuous marriage of one of the world's most beloved artists: Frida Kahlo. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Claire Berest writes as captivatingly and vividly as Frida Kahlo painted' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis Match\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47857161535646,"sku":"ADS-9781035426799","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035426799.jpg?v=1781482209","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035426799","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}