The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
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Author: Gertrude Stein
Publisher: Vintage Books (1990)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is written by Stein in the guise of an autobiography authored by Alice B. Toklas, her life partner. It is a fascinating recollection of the art scene in Paris as the couple were friends with Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. They begin the war years in England but return to France, volunteering for the American Fund for the French Wounded, driving around France, helping the wounded and homeless. They become friends with Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway. It is by most accounts one of the best descriptions of the lives and morays of the American and European literary and artistic scene between the wars.