A01=Russell Martin
Author_Russell Martin
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- ISBN 9780743478632
- Publication Date: 19 Jan 2004
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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On 26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain was bombed by Hitler's Luftwaffe on behalf of Francisco Franco as he waged a bloody civil war. Twenty-four hours later, the village lay in ruins, its population decimated. This act of terror - the first large-scale attack against civilians in modern warfare - outraged the world, and one man in particular. Pablo Picasso, an expatriate living in Paris, responded to the devastation in his homeland by beginning work on GUERNICA, a painting many consider the greatest artwork of the twentieth century. Intermingling themes of politics, art, war and morality, and featuring some of the twentieth century's most memorable and infamous figures, Russell Martin follows this renowned masterpiece across decades and continents. From Europe to America and, finally, back to Spain, PICASSO'S WAR sheds light on the conflict that was an ominous prelude to World War II and delivers an unforgettable portrait of a genius whose visionary statement about the horror and terrible wounds of war still resonates today.
Russell Martin is the highly acclaimed author of six previous books, including BEETHOVEN'S HAIR, winner of the Colorado Book Award, OUT OF SILENCE, which was named by the BLOOMSBURY REVIEW as one of its fifteen best books and A STORY THAT STANDS LIKE A DAM won the Caroline Bancroft History prize. Martin worked as a newspaper reporter in Colorado before becoming a freelance writer.
