{"product_id":"frida-trade-paperback","title":"Frida (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 30 June 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated into English for the first time, Claire Berest's award-winning novel is a striking fictional imagining of the vibrant life of one of the world's most enigmatic and beloved artists: Frida Kahlo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The portrait of a fascinating, eccentric, and indomitable woman . . . an incandescent novel'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No author has yet captured Frida's tragic life in words as sensually and passionately as this'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrazia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Claire Berest writes as captivatingly and vividly as Frida Kahlo painted'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis Match\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF ELLE FRANCE'S GRAND PRIX DES LECTRICES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Safekeep,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTracy Chevalier and Ali Smith.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the story of Diego and Frida, who couldn't live without each other.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey meet at a party. She knows everything about him, about his mythology, and he knows nothing of her, she is nobody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is Mexico's greatest artist. She drinks like a sailor, wears flowers in her hair, talks openly about sex, loves attending protests and parties to wake the dead. She is from Coyoacan, twenty years his junior and with a broken spine to boot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven when her body is wracked with pain, she paints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were two great accidents in her life. The first was when that streetcar hit her . . . but by far the worst was meeting him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated into English for the first time, Claire Berest's award-winning novel is a striking fictional imagining of the vibrant life and tumultuous marriage of one of the world's most beloved artists: Frida Kahlo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claire Berest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075816505522,"sku":"9781035426799","price":356.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781035426799.jpg?v=1774594993","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/frida-trade-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}