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F. Scott Fitzgerald by Ruth Prigozy
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Penguin Illustrated Lives S.
The life of F. Scott Fitzgerald reads like one of his own novels: his life seems golden but beneath the surface lies alcoholism, debt, insecurity and the mental instability of his faithless wife Zelda. This is a short biography of the author, integrated with images relating to his life and work.
Franz Kafka by Jeremy Adler
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Penguin Illustrated Lives S.
The name of Franz Kafka is synonymous with a nightmare vision of the modern world in which the individual is in a perpetual state of struggle. This book contains an illustrated biography of Kafka, his friends, family - including his demonic father who called his son an "insect" - and influences.
Samuel Beckett by Gerry Dukes
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Penguin Illustrated Lives S.
Samuel Beckett is part of the "Penguin Writers: Illustrated Lives" series - mini-biographies of significant modern writers. Each book contains a biographical essay organized around interesting visual docmentation that relates to each life.
Virginia Woolf by Mary Ann Caws
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Penguin Illustrated Lives S.
This short biography on Virginia Woolf contains overs 100 images, allowing an immediate understanding of her life, family, friends, home and work.
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