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Tender Buttons

Pages
58
Published
1965
Language
English

Synopsis

Gertrude Stein's "Tender Buttons" is a groundbreaking work of experimental literature from 1914. It offers a unique poetic exploration of everyday objects, food, and domestic spaces. Stein uses language in unconventional ways, breaking down words and reassembling them to reveal new meanings and sensory experiences.

About the author

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Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. Her life was marked by two primary relationships, the first with her brother Leo Stein, from 1874-1914 (Gertrude and Leo), and the second with her partner Alice B. Toklas, from 1907 until Stein's death in 1946 (Gertrude and Alice). Stein shared her salon at 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, first with Leo and then with Alice. Throughout her lifetime, Stei...

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Gertrude SteinProtagonist
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