The Bohemians

A Novel

The Bohemians
Jasmin Darznik
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Paperback
h203 x 132mm - 368pg
5 Apr 2022 US
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9780593129449
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In 1918, Dorothea Lange leaves the East Coast for California, where a disaster kick-starts a new life. Her friendship with Caroline Lee, a vivacious, straight-talking woman with a complicated past, gives her entree into Monkey Block, an artists' colony and the bohemian heart of San Francisco. Dazzled by Caroline and her friends, Dorothea is catapulted into a heady new world of freedom, art, and politics. She also finds herself unexpectedly-and unwisely-falling in love with Maynard Dixon, a brilliant but troubled painter. Dorothea and Caroline eventually create a flourishing portrait studio, but a devastating betrayal pushes their friendship to the breaking point and alters the course of their lives. The Bohemians captures San Francisco in the glittering and gritty 1920s, with cameos from such legendary figures as Mabel Dodge, Frida Kahlo, Ansel Adams, and DH Lawrence. At the same time, it is eerily resonant with contemporary themes, as anti-immigration sentiment, corrupt politicians, and the Spanish flu bring tumult to the city-and as the gift of friendship and the possibility of self-invention persist against the ferocious pull of history.
"If you loved Song of a Captive Bird like I did, you will want to read the latest creative historical biography by Jasmin Darznik. Featuring the photographer Dorothea Lange in 1920s San Francisco, Darznik paints an illuminative portrait of the photographer and the woman. "--Ms. Magazine, Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us 2021"You' ll never look at a Dorothea Lange photograph the same way after reading Jasmin Darznik' s compelling portrait of the trailblazer who carved a glorious path through 1920s San Francisco. Darznik doesn' t flinch when confronting the parallels to today, whether racism or anti-immigrant sentiment, yet her impeccable research grounds the story firmly in the heyday of the Jazz Age. "--Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue"In her riveting and resonant new novel, Jasmin Darznik captures San Francisco' s heyday through the eyes of one of its most iconic residents. By exploring how Dorothea Lange witnessed her troubled and momentous times, Darznik speaks directly to our own. "--Anthony Marra, New York Times bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena"Dorothea Lange once famously said, ' art is an act of total attention. ' Jasmin Darznik' s breathtaking novel The Bohemians accomplishes that and more. Not only did it have me riveted from start to finish, through her words, history powerfully speaks to the present moment. "--Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept"Modern echoes abound in a city under a pall of economic turmoil and racial disharmony advanced by politicians for their own ends as well as the global influenza pandemic. Darznik has created an arresting portrait of two women set before an illuminating backdrop. Lange would be proud. "--Booklist
Jasmin Darznik' s debut novel, Song of a Captive Bird, was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, longlisted for the Center for Fiction Prize, and awarded the Writers' Center' s First Novel Prize. Jasmin is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Good Daughter- A Memoir of My Mother' s Hidden Life. Her books have been published in seventeen countries and her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Lenny Letter, among others. She has been featured on NPR and The New York Times, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review, Shondaland, Ms. , and Vogue. Jasmin was born in Tehran, Iran, and came to America when she was five years old. She holds an MFA in fiction from Bennington College and a PhD in English from Princeton University. Now a professor of English and creative writing at California College of the Arts, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780593129449
Published: 5 Apr 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Ballantine Books Inc
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 132mm
Pages: 368

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