Widow Basquiat Widow Basquiat

Widow Basquiat

A Love Story

    • 4.8 • 67 Ratings
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Publisher Description

The beautifully written, deeply affecting story of Jean-Michel Basquiat's partner, her past, and their life together

An NPR Best Book of the Year Selection

New York City in the 1980s was a mesmerizing, wild place. A hotbed for hip hop, underground culture, and unmatched creative energy, it spawned some of the most significant art of the 20th century. It was where Jean-Michel Basquiat became an avant-garde street artist and painter, swiftly achieving worldwide fame. During the years before his death at the age of 27, he shared his life with his lover and muse, Suzanne Mallouk.

A runaway from an unhappy home in Canada, Suzanne first met Jean-Michel in a bar on the Lower East Side in 1980. Thus began a tumultuous and passionate relationship that deeply influenced one of the most exceptional artists of our time.

In emotionally resonant prose, award-winning author Jennifer Clement tells the story of the passion that swept Suzanne and Jean-Michel into a short-lived, unforgettable affair. A poetic interpretation like no other, Widow Basquiat is an expression of the unrelenting power of addiction, obsession and love.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2014
November 4
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
208
Pages
PUBLISHER
Crown
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
7.7
MB

Customer Reviews

ijames666 ,

Amazing!

Amazing book. I love the style in which is was written and the insight it gave to really know what it was like to know and be a part of Jeans life

Edwin Morais ,

Long sigh...but SO worth the read

Glad I could read this book. RIP Jean we love you

Ambitious Gyrl~ ,

Basquiat's Muse

Read the entire book in less than 24 hours. I've never been so engulfed in a book as I was in this one.
My emotions danced all over the place as I visually absorbed this book contents.
Simple. Precise. Yet, so eloquently written.
Sick, twisted, tainted, grossly unhealthy dependency for another.. How someone's life can have the power to take over yours...
I finished this book, & felt an undeniable NEED to know more.. So, I flip back to the first page.
I begin to read it again.
This book is poetry!

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