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- ISBN 9780500295175
- Weight: 780g
- Dimensions: 165 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jul 2019
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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A singular thinker and an uncompromising seeker after artistic truth, Cézanne channelled a large part of his wide-ranging intellect and ferocious wit into his letters. This translation by Alex Danchev is based on a thorough re-examination of Cézanne’s correspondence with family, friends and major figures from the literary and art worlds. Danchev’s great achievement is to allow readers in English to hear Cézanne’s voice for the first time in his own idiomatic, idiosyncratic style. And he sounds rather different from the Cézanne we thought we knew – richer, wittier, wiser, more philosophical, more irascible, above all more fully human. The letters offer fresh perspectives on his artistic vision, politics, friendships, psychology, philosophy, literary tastes and classical frame of reference. They provide an intimate insight into the preoccupations and personality of a legend.
Alex Danchev (1955-2016) was Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and the recipient of a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for 2014-17. He made his name as a military historian with acclaimed biographies of Oliver Franks and Basil Liddell Hart as well as essays on contemporary politics, notably Anglo-American relations and the so-called war on terror. Danchev was also an art historian and authored highly acclaimed biographies of Georges Braque and Paul Cézanne.
