{"product_id":"9780571369348","title":"Gertrude Stein : An Afterlife - 'Strikingly accomplished . . . utterly compelling.'","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD 2025'Strikingly accomplished . . . utterly compelling.' SUNDAY TIMES'A masterpiece of biography.' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A total joy to read.' SARAH BAKEWELL'I feel like I've been waiting for this book my whole life.' SHEILA HETIAdmirers called her a genius, sceptics a charlatan.   Gertrude Stein remains one of the most confounding - and contested - writers of the twentieth century. The host of glamorous salons at 27 rue de Fleurus, brushing shoulders with Picasso and Hemingway in her long brown robe, Stein never ceased plotting her own legacy. She would be known as the literary innovator of her time. And her enigmatic partner, Alice B. Toklas, would make sure of it.   A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN  THE SPECTATOR  THE TELEGRAPH   THE INDEPENDENT  ARTFORUM  WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD  NPR'S FRESH AIR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55731903824248,"sku":"9780571369348","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780571369348.jpg?v=1794262891","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780571369348","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}