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Frida Ili O Boli (2007)

by Slavenka Drakulić(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Profil

review 1: Unatoč mnogobrojnim operacijama i stalnim bolovima meksička slikarica živi intenzivan i ispunjen život. U kontaktu je sa značajnim ljudima svoga vremena, a njezine slike postaju ikone 20. stoljeća. U dobi od 47 godina osjeća da će uskoro umrijeti. Ali ne prepušta se sudbini. Frida Diegu: (citat)„Oprosti mi, dragi moj, bila sam gruba prema tebi. Nepotrebno gruba i ogorčena. Ne želim takva otići, ali nemam više vremena ni za što drugo osim da te zamolim za oprost. Pogriješila sam u očekivanjima. Očekivala sam od tebe više nego što itko može dati. S kojim pravom? Zbog toga što sam i od sebe očekivala više? Zato što sam morala u životu tražiti više da bih dobila barem nešto? Jednostavna i sasvim očekivana opravdanja... A ipak, trebao mi je čita... morev život da shvatim kako svi ljudi nisu jednaki i kako čine samo ono što mogu, da daju samo koliko imaju – i da je to dragocjeno. Bila sam slijepo malo biće koje se očajnički borilo da preživi. I bojim se da u svojoj kratkovidnosti nisam vidjela ljude onakve kakvi jesu, nego kakvi bi trebali biti. I sebi i tebi nanijela sam nepotrebnu patnju. Da, sada vidim da sam od života očekivala više od patnje. Tvoja je ljubav, Maestro, trebala biti rješenje svih mojih problema''.
review 2: I read this short book in just about an hour or so. I am semi-interested in Frida Kahlo's life, mainly because I enjoy reading about the lives of famous (or even not-so-famous) people and finding out who they are under the surface. It's interesting to me to read about people's accomplishments and learn what makes them tick. I do not particularly care for her artwork--there is nothing wrong with it--it's just not my personal style. I also found this book to be not my style. It was written in both the first person and the third person, and the author constantly switches back and forth between the two points of view from paragraph to paragraph. It was a little disconcerting to have to switch back and forth like that when I was reading. I also found the story of Frida's life to be very depressing. Her life was filled with pain (physical and emotional) and it made for tedious reading. Did nothing good ever happen to this woman?! How very sad her life was. But, I did learn some interesting things about the artist and I did glean some insight into her artwork, so I will say that was one good point to having read the book. less

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