{"product_id":"frida-by-claire-berest","title":"Frida by Claire Berest","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe award-winning novel about the colourful and captivating life of Frida Kahlo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The portrait of a fascinating, eccentric, and indomitable woman . . . an incandescent novel' Elle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'No author has yet captured Frida's tragic life in words as sensually and passionately as this' Grazia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Claire Berest writes as captivatingly and vividly as Frida Kahlo painted' Paris Match\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF ELLE FRANCE'S GRAND PRIX DES LECTRICES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Perfect for fans of The Artist, The Safekeep, Tracy Chevalier and Ali Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*This is the story of Diego and Frida, who couldn't live without each other.\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. He is Mexico's greatest artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe 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 Coyoacán, twenty years his junior and with a broken spine to boot. Even 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. Translated 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 256 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Headline Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Mountain Leopard Press\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781035426805\u003cbr\u003ePublished:24 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Romance, Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003eWeight:186g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:129 x 197 x 19 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65955649716573,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781035426805.jpg?v=1789745640","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/frida-by-claire-berest","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}