Stravinsky's Lunch by Drusilla Modjeska (First Edition)
Stella Bowen and Grace Cossington Smith were born a year apart, in the antipodean autumns of 1893 and 1892 respectively. Beyond this fact their lives were very different.
One was a good cook; the other was not. One left Australia on the eve of the First World War and lived the rest of her life in Europe; the other lived for decades in the same house on the outskirts of Sydney. For one Paris and famous names; for the other the quiet life of a provincial suburb. One went off to find a life of art; the art of the other grew out of the life she lived. The bohemian and the spinster. They are like mirror images of each other, two sides of a coin.
Stravinsky's Lunch is both a continuation of Drusilla Modjeska's previous work and an exciting new departure. In telling the stories of these two extraordinary women, it asks how an artist finds a balance between her art, love and daily life.
Format: Hardback | 364 pages
Dimensions (cm): 24.1 x 17.4 x 3.8 | 1.378kg
Publication Date: 01 Sep 1999
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Imprint: Picador
Publication City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
Illustrations note: illustrations
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0330361864
ISBN13: 9780330361866
Condition: Very Good
A vintage book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included and in a like new condition. There is also an extra plastic dust jacket covering the book which is also in excellent condition. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear. A beautiful book in excellent condition.