{"product_id":"becoming-modern-paperback","title":"Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Burke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poet and visual artist Mina Loy has long had an underground reputation as an exemplary avant-gardist. Born in London of mixed Jewish and English parentage, and a much photographed beauty, she moved in the pivotal circles of international modernism--in Florence as Gertrude Stein's friend and Marinetti's lover; in New York as Marcel Duchamp's co-conspirator and Djuna Barnes's confidante; in Mexico with the greatest love, the notorious boxer-poet Arthur Cravan; in Paris with the Surrealists and Man Ray. Carolyn Burke's riveting, authoritative biography, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Modern, \u003c\/i\u003ebrings this highly original and representative figure wonderfully alive, in the process giving us a new picture of modernism--and one woman's important contribution to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Burke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLee Miller: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eNo Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101057126535,"sku":"9781250796134","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/eb249be3fb665958189b494644dc268a.webp?v=1732390623","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/becoming-modern-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}