Paris Between the Wars: Couture and Surrealism in the Novels of Jeanne Mackin
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Welcome to EPISODE 20 of the Art In Fiction Podcast.
Paris between the wars is the exciting setting for Jeanne Mackin's novels The Last Collection and The Beautiful American.
In this episode, find out about wacky surrealist lobsters, why pencils and paper were not allowed at fashion shows, and a lot more!
Highlights:
The Beautiful American and the art and life of photographer Lee Miller, famed surrealist Man Ray, and the indomitable Picasso
Fact and fiction in The Beautiful American
How Mackin structured The Beautiful American
Surrealism, violence, lobsters, and more
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