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I thoroughly enjoyed this biography, written by Joanna Moorhead, who is actually Carrington's cousin, and thus she brings such warmth and intimacy to this portrait of the rebellious British artist who fled her wealthy family to join the Surrealists in Paris, then later made Mexico her home. What I loved most was how Moorhead doesn't just focus on Carrington's famous relationship with Max Ernst, but gives us the full sweep of her remarkable life - her art, her writing, her fierce independence, and her refusal to be defined by anyone else's expectations. Carrington comes across as brilliant, difficult, magical, and very much herself. The book captures the wildness of her imagination and her determination to live life on her own terms, right up until her death at 94. I love to read about creative women forging their own path and during a time when such behavior was considered almost brazen…
In 2006 journalist Joanna Moorhead discovered that her father's cousin, Prim, who had disappeared many decades earlier, was now a famous artist in Mexico. Although rarely spoken of in her own family (regarded as a black sheep, a wild child; someone they were better off without) in the meantime Leonora Carrington had become a national treasure in Mexico, where she now lived, while her paintings are fetching ever-higher prices at auction today.
Intrigued by her story, Joanna set off to Mexico City to find her lost relation. Later she was to return to Mexico ten times more between then and…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
Black Girl from Pyongyang is a fascinating memoir. Monica Macias tells her extraordinary story of growing up as the daughter of an Equatoguinean president, sent to North Korea as a child in the 1980s and raised there through her teenage years. What struck me most was her honest, unsentimental account of navigating between two vastly different worlds - the privilege and isolation of her unusual upbringing, and the profound loneliness of being separated from her family. She writes with such grace about identity, belonging, and resilience, never falling into self-pity despite the obvious challenges. It's a perspective on North Korea we rarely hear, and her story is both deeply personal and historically fascinating. I found myself thinking about it long after I'd finished - it's one of those books that really stays with you.
The extraordinary true story of a West African girl's upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung.
In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her father, the President of Equatorial Guinea, to be educated under the guardianship of his ally, Kim Il Sung.
Within months, her father was executed in a military coup; her mother became unreachable. Effectively orphaned, she and two siblings had to make their life in Pyongyang. At military boarding school, Monica learned to mix with older children, speak fluent…
