Gabriële
The Berest sisters assemble the story of her remarkable life from historical documents, family records and interviews ... Through the sheer vivacity of the character, who makes her (sometimes shocking) choices freely, we are able to consider a more complicated story than the dichotomy of abused muse or neglected genius. Like Gabriële herself, this book takes on big ideas about modern art and modern life — without losing sight of the people caught and crushed in those turning gears.
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Painstaking ... From a storied yet painful chapter in their ancestral history, they’ve created their own dizzyingly detailed art.
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he most engaging part of Gabriele is the Berests’ prose: Early on, the authors note that they will be telling the story in the present tense, to capture the feeling and energy of their great-grandmother. The result is a historical novel unlike any other.
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