Five Love Affairs and a Friendship

Five Love Affairs and a Friendship
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Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9781474617444
ISBN-13 : 1474617441
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Book Synopsis Five Love Affairs and a Friendship by : Anne de Courcy

Download or read book Five Love Affairs and a Friendship written by Anne de Courcy and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dazzlingly beautiful, highly intelligent and an extraordinary force of energy, Nancy Cunard was an icon of the Jazz Age, said to have inspired half the poets and novelists of the twenties. Born into a life of wealth and privilege, yet one in which she barely saw her parents, Nancy rebelled against expectations and pursued a life in the arts. She sought the constant company of artists, writers, poets and painters, first in London's Soho and Mayfair, and then in the glamorous cafes of 1920s Paris. This is the remarkable story of Nancy's Paris life, filled with art, sex and alcohol. She became a muse to Wyndham Lewis, Constantin Brâncusi sculpted her, Man Ray photographed her and she played tennis with Ernest Hemingway. She had many love affairs, the most significant of which are included in this book: the American poet Ezra Pound, the novelists Aldous Huxley and Michael Arlen, the French poet Louis Aragon and finally and controversially the black American pianist Henry Crowder, with whom she ran her printing press in Paris. She was also shaped by her lifelong friendship with George Moore, her mother's lover. This tempestuous tale of passion and intrigue is as much a portrait of twenties Paris as it is the story of an extraordinary woman who defined her age.


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