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Summary: A bitter bitter memoir
Review: Although I feel sorry for Marina Picasso, her brother and her life, I think that maybe this memoir should have stayed between herself and her psychiatrist. Not only is the story badly written, the author leaves out large portions of her life. Even though she is a grown woman, the book is written from the perspective of a little girl. Everyone except her and her brother are self centered and not a little bit evil. This book might have done wonders for her psyche, but it should never have been printed.
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Summary: A bitter bitter memoir
Review: Although I feel sorry for Marina Picasso, her brother and her life, I think that maybe this memoir should have stayed between herself and her psychiatrist. Not only is the story badly written, the author leaves out large portions of her life. Even though she is a grown woman, the book is written from the perspective of a little girl. Everyone except her and her brother are self centered and not a little bit evil. This book might have done wonders for her psyche, but it should never have been printed.
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Summary: A Poorly Dramatized Account of a Life of Suffering
Review: Contrary to its title, the book tells us of the life of its author and the suffering she and her family went through because of her grandfather, Picasso. Repetitively, the author whines about her suffering as if she were the only person to ever feel emotional pain. This gets boring really fast, and much of the dialogue is unbelievable.One expects the book to be centered around Picasso but is left with a memoir (in which Picasso's death occurs mid-way through the book) that ends slowly and tediously. Furthermore, Picasso's role in causing the author's emotional pain becomes increasingly unbelievable as more and more people are slandered by the author as the story progresses. One soon realizes the author indiscriminately finds everyone at fault. Essentially, this book is an exploitation of Picasso's name.
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Summary: Not about Pablo Picasso
Review: If you want to know more about the artist, about his work, about his art... this is not the book you are looking for. The author, is always complainig about the fact that Picasso was not a good grandfather, and that she wanted to have a "grandpa". Luckily for her, this guy was Picasso, so this gave her the best excuse to write a book. She says little about him. She speaks too much about her and her fears in life.
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Summary: a story of self pity
Review: If you wish to read of Picasso this is not the book for you. It is a story of self pity. It sickened me. I am angry that I spent the money on this poorly written drivel. Let me sum it up for you; "Poor me poor me poor me. Grandpa ignored me, poor me" Save your money. Do not buy this book.
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Summary: The Legend: Artistic and Otherwise.
Review: This book enfolds the hostility of a mystery drenched in apprehension. Those who had vigilantly scrutinized Picasso's life and art become conscious that he was not only a whiff of unmatched tendencies. Rather, he was a man possessed by his own flair and genius as well as his insatiable lust for life; haunted by a nonchalant madness that had inventively fashioned a fertile legacy of enigma and absolute perfection. Marina Picasso exposes the egotistical grandfather behind the chilling eyes, wild extremities, and turbulent lifestyle. She confronts the loss, splendor, and boundless horizons overlooking Picasso's celebrated La Californie. She also unearths the secrets of her dismal childhood spent amidst the elusive ruins of a fairy tale, and a family betrayed, demeaned, and destroyed. To be a Picasso, life should not matter; nor should anything else, for that matter.
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Summary: Shoot me now.
Review: Ugh! This book is so depressing. All you see are glimpses of Picasso through the bitter eyes of an adult, who feels that is necessary that we all hear about her awful childhood and the monstrous Minotaur that Picasso was. Not to mention the writing is so lacking in depth that the book does not hold your focus. Plus, she is so whiney, that you feel like she is just trying to make money of the name of Picasso. What a disappointment this book was.
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Summary: Shoot me now.
Review: Ugh! This book is so depressing. All you see are glimpses of Picasso through the bitter eyes of an adult, who feels that is necessary that we all hear about her awful childhood and the monstrous Minotaur that Picasso was. Not to mention the writing is so lacking in depth that the book does not hold your focus. Plus, she is so whiney, that you feel like she is just trying to make money of the name of Picasso. What a disappointment this book was.
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