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Original Title:	El diario de Frida Kahlo: Un íntimo autorretrato
ISBN:	0810959542 (ISBN13: 9780810959545)
Edition Language:	English

The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait Hardcover | Pages: 296 pages

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Title	:	The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait
Author	:	Frida Kahlo
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 296 pages
Published	:	August 9th 2005 by Harry N. Abrams (first published 1995)
Categories	:	Art. Nonfiction. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir. Feminism. Biography Memoir. Art History

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Published here in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent life. This passionate, often surprising, intimate record, kept under lock and key for some forty years in Mexico, reveals many new dimensions in the complex persona of this remarkable Mexican artist.

Covering the years 1944-45, the 170-page journal contains Frida's thoughts, poems, and dreams, and reflects her stormy relationship with her husband, Diego Rivera, Mexico's famous artist. The seventy watercolor illustrations in the journal - some lively sketches, several elegant self-portraits, others complete paintings - offer insights into her creative process, and show her frequently using the journal to work out pictorial ideas for her canvases.

The text entries, written in Frida's round, full script in brightly colored inks, add an almost decorative quality, making the journal as captivating to look at as it is to read. Frida's childhood, her political sensibilities, and her obsession with Diego are all illuminated in witty phrases and haunting images.

Although much has been written recently about this extraordinary woman, Frida Kahlo's art and life continue to fascinate the world. This personal document, published in a complete full-color facsimile edition, will add greatly to the understanding of her unique and powerful vision and her enormous courage in the face of more than thirty-five operations to correct injuries she had sustained in an accident at the age of eighteen. The facsimile is accompanied by an introduction by the world-renowned Mexican man of letters Carlos Fuentes and a complete translation of the diary's text. An essay on the place of the diary in Frida's work and in art history at large, as well as commentaries on the images, is provided by Sarah M. Lowe.

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**4.5 stars**I'm not going to write a full review on this, as it is a non-fiction text and I want to respect the artist and her feelings. However, I *freaking* loved this book and am so proud to have it in my collection. I knocked it down half a star because I personally felt there was too much outside commentary and not enough was left to speak for itself. Still, SUCH a good book and would highly recommend to anyone!

So I mostly bought this book because Ive always been genuinely fascinated with Fridas life story and her art of course. I am not very fluent in Spanish (but I do have a parent who is) so I was able to read some of her diary entries. Apart from the fact that I cant read Spanish well, her art alone speaks for itself and was quite moving. I got chills from some of the art in her entries. When I look at the pages in the book, I feel like I am lost in Fridas world and I love it. I really took my time

I don't know why, but Frida didn't attracted me too enough as an artist. I'd prefer Diego Rivera's work.

I really didn't enjoy this book. I thought it was going to be a basic translated version of Frida Kahlo's diary with a brief introduction of some kind about her and her life, It isn't. This book begins with a long larbourious introduction which, I felt, at times strays completely from Kahlo and can be very hard to follow. And then there is a full essay on the contents and format of Kahlo's diary. So before you get to view any of her work or her thoughts you've already been pounded with what two

Reading this is a little awkward, one has to have the book open in two places, with a finger between the pages, and maybe I should rate the diary for things like this -- the format, the commentary, and the like, but really, it seems a little ridiculous to me to rate this translation of Frida's thoughts and descriptions of her drawings, even if not quite as ridiculous as rating the diary itself would be. Sure, the work done here must be either great or poor-quality, but to me, this insight was so

Raw, Passionate, Alive through every emotion she had... And I confess, though you didnt hear it from me, Oh wait, Yes you just did.... I have a girl crush on this amazing spit fire of a woman... What an amazing one-of-a-kind, over the top colorful soul... Fridas authenticity to just be and feel herself as she lived life in the raw makes my jaw drop in Awe.....