Louisa Treger

Keď sa talentovaná francúzska fotografka, maliarka a poetka Dora Maar stretne s Pablom Picassom, jeho prenikavý pohlaď ju okamžite uchváti. Priťahovaná maliarovou výbušnou energiou sa čoskoro ocitá vo vášnivom vzťahu, ktorý je rovnako fascinujúci ako nebezpečný. Pablovo zúfalstvo z občianskej vojny v Španielsku sa premieta do jeho tvorby, ale aj do bezcitnej povahy. Vzťah, z ktorého sa Dora nedokáže vymaniť, čoraz viac pohlcuje temnota prehĺbená nacistickou okupáciou.

Paris, 1936. When Dora Maar, a talented French photographer, painter and poet, is introduced to Pablo Picasso, she is mesmerized by his dark and intense stare. Drawn to his volcanic creativity, it isn't long before she embarks on a passionate relationship with the Spanish artist that sometimes includes sadism and masochism, and ultimately pushes her to the edge. The Paris Muse is the fictionalized retelling of this disturbing love story, as we follow Dora on her journey of self-discovery and expression. Set in Paris and the French Riviera, where Dora and Pablo spent their holidays with their glamorous artist friends, it provides a fascinating insight into how Picasso was a genius who side-stepped the rules in his human relationships as he did in his art. Much to Dora's torment, he refused to divorce his wife and conducted affairs with Dora's friends. The Spanish Civil War made him depressed and violent, an angst that culminated in his acclaimed painting 'Guernica', which Dora documented as he painted. As the encroaching darkness suffocates their relationship - a darkness that escalates once the Second World War begins and the Nazis invade the country - Dora has a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized. Atmospheric, intense and moving, The Paris Muse is an astonishing read that ensures that this talented, often overlooked woman who gave her life to Picasso is no longer a footnote.

'Living with him was like living at the centre of the universe. It was electrifying and humbling, blissful and destructive, all at the same time.' Paris, 1936. When Dora Maar, a talented French photographer, painter and poet, is introduced to Pablo Picasso, she is mesmerized by his dark and intense stare. Drawn to his volcanic creativity, it isn't long before she embarks on a passionate relationship with the Spanish artist that sometimes includes sadism and masochism, and ultimately pushes her to the edge. The Paris Muse is the fictionalized retelling of this disturbing love story, as we follow Dora on her journey of self-discovery and expression. Set in Paris and the French Riviera, where Dora and Pablo spent their holidays with their glamorous artist friends, it provides a fascinating insight into how Picasso was a genius who side-stepped the rules in his human relationships as he did in his art. Much to Dora's torment, he refused to divorce his wife and conducted affairs with Dora's friends. The Spanish Civil War made him depressed and violent, an angst that culminated in his acclaimed painting 'Guernica', which Dora documented as he painted. As the encroaching darkness suffocates their relationship - a darkness that escalates once the Second World War begins and the Nazis invade the country - Dora has a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized. Atmospheric, intense and moving, The Paris Muse is an astonishing read that ensures that this talented, often overlooked woman who gave her life to Picasso is no longer a footnote.

Píše se rok 1887. Třiadvacetiletá Nellie Blyová se vydává do New Yorku, odhodlaná prosadit se tu za každou cenu jako seriózní novinářka. Život ve městě je však těžší, než si představovala, a v žádných novinách o ženu-reportérku nestojí. Nellie v zoufalství vymyslí pro přední plátek The World neodolatelnou nabídku: pravdivou reportáž z ženského blázince na Blackwellově ostrově, kam se chce dostat tak, že bude předstírat šílenství. Jenom tak může zjistit, nakolik jsou pravdivé řeči o tamních nelidských podmínkách. Majitele deníku Josepha Pulitzera to zaujme a slíbí Nellie, že se postará, aby se po krátké době dostala ven. Když se však za mladou novinářkou v utajení dveře blázince zavřou, ocitne se na místě plném hrůz, kde vládne krutost, jakou si vůbec nedokázala představit. Chladné, izolované a hladové dny strachu a úzkosti v ní znovu probudí traumatické události z dětství. Do blázince přišla dobrovolně – ale dokáže se z něj vůbec někdy dostat ven? Šílená, neobyčejný portrét ženy, která předběhla svou dobu, je příběhem o hledání pravdy, která změnila svět. HISTORICKÝ ROMÁN ROKU PODLE LISTŮ THE TIMES A THE SUNDAY TIMES Vyšlo v překladu Veroniky Láskové.

In 1887 young Nellie Bly sets out for New York and a career in journalism, determined to make her way as a serious reporter, whatever that may take. But life in the city is tougher than she imagined. Down to her last dime and desperate to prove her worth, she comes up with a dangerous plan: to fake insanity and have herself committed to the asylum that looms on Blackwell's Island. There, she will work undercover to document - and expose - the wretched conditions faced by the patients. But when the asylum door swings shut behind her, she finds herself in a place of horrors, governed by a harshness and cruelty she could never have imagined. Cold, isolated and starving, her days of terror reawaken the traumatic events of her childhood. She entered the asylum of her own free will - but will she ever get out? An extraordinary portrait of a woman way ahead of her time, Madwoman is the story of a quest for the truth that changed the world.