María Hesseová

Frida Kahlo, živelná umělkyně s bohémskou, nespoutanou, ale zároveň bolavou duší. Její příběh nejednou obletěl svět a její obrazy nás vtahují do prapodivného světa plného svébytné atmosféry. Co ale doopravdy víme o tom, jak Frida žila, jak vnímala svět kolem sebe a jak se vyrovnávala se zkouškami, jimiž si musela projít? Autorka tohoto jedinečného životopisu María Hesseová se snaží mexickou malířku vykreslit jinak, než je zvykem, a zaměřuje se na Fridiny pocity, touhy a vášně.

David Bowie was a master of artifice and reinvention. In that same spirit, illustrator Maria Hesse and writer Fran Ruiz have created a vivid retelling of the life of David Robert Jones, from his working-class childhood to glam rock success to superstardom, concluding with the final recording sessions after his cancer diagnosis. Narrated from the rock star's point of view, Bowie colorfully renders both the personal and the professional turning points in a life marked by evolution and innovation. We see Bowie facing the sorrow of his brother's mental illness, kicking a cocaine habit while other musicians succumbed to deadly overdoses, contending with a tumultuous love life, and radiating joy as a father. Along the way, he describes how he shattered the boundaries of song and society with a counterculture cast that included Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, and Freddie Mercury-as well as his own creations, Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke. Evocatively illustrated from start to finish, Bowie is a stellar tribute to an inimitable star.

One of the most important artists of the twentieth century and an icon of courageous womanhood, Frida Kahlo lives on in the public imagination, where her popularity shows no signs of waning. She is renowned for both her paintings and her personal story, which were equally filled with pain and anguish, celebration and life. Thousands of words, including her own, have been written about Kahlo, but only one previous biography has recorded her fascinating, difficult life. Frida Kahlo by Maria Hesse offers a highly unique way of getting to know the artist by presenting her life in graphic novel form, with striking illustrations that reimagine many of Kahlo's famous paintings. Originally published in Spanish in 2016, Frida Kahlo has already found an enthusiastic audience in the Spanish-speaking world, with some 20,000 copies sold in just a few months. This translation introduces English-language readers to Kahlo's life, from her childhood and the traumatic accident that would change her life and her artwork, to her complicated love for Diego Rivera and the fierce determination that drove her to become a major artist in her own right. Maria Hesse tells the story in a first-person narrative, which captures both the depths of Frida's suffering and her passion for art and life.

Fascinující cesta k ženské slasti Mária Hesseová, výtvarnice a autorka úspěšných ilustrovaných životopisů, vás zve, abyste odhodily ostych, prozkoumaly své tělo a nahlédly pod roušku ženské sexuality. V této vizuálně jedinečné knize se na pozadí autorčina osobního příběhu dozvíte spoustu zajímavých informací o anatomii ženského těla, ale například i o vývoji vnímání ženské sexuality, sexuálních pomůckách či mýtech, které se s pohlavním stykem po staletí pojily, a seznámíte se s významnými ženami historie, které se o sexualitě nebály otevřeně mluvit. Všechno dohromady však směřuje k jedinému – boření všemožných předsudků a tabu, které ženám kladou překážky na cestě k plnohodnotnému pocitu slasti.