The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

<p><b>A witty and beautifully written account of the lives of Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B. Toklas and a fascinating look into early 20th century Paris and the development of modernist culture.</b><br><br>Written in the voice of her life partner, <i>The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas</i> is a remarkable literary achievement. By turns experimental, insightful and bitingly satirical, Stein's great biography is both deeply personal and wide-ranging in its ambition.<br><br>As she recounts her life from the <i>fin de siecle</i> up to the 1930s, she tells the story of the Parisian art scene, including modernist masters like Cézanne, Matisse and Picasso, the impact of World War I on contemporary France, and her encounters with brilliant literary figures like Ernest Hemingway and Sherwood Anderson.</p>