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A review by malerie
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Carlos Fuentes, Frida Kahlo
4.0
Wonderfully intimate and personal look into the life and thoughts of one of history's most impressive and mysterious women.
This book is an awesome concept and we should all feel privileged to get this kind of look into Frida Kahlo's innermost thoughts. Having access to her diary essentially gives us access to her mind.
I only gave it four stars because I didn't love the format. The entire diary makes up most of the book in full color and, obviously, in original Spanish. This was awesome, but then the translation and interpretation portion of it was printed after the journal with black and white thumbnails of each page. It would probably have been better (for an English-only speaker like myself - wish I could read/speak Spanish!) if each full page of the journal was immediately followed by the translation and interpretation. I think that might've made for a better flow.
This book is an awesome concept and we should all feel privileged to get this kind of look into Frida Kahlo's innermost thoughts. Having access to her diary essentially gives us access to her mind.
I only gave it four stars because I didn't love the format. The entire diary makes up most of the book in full color and, obviously, in original Spanish. This was awesome, but then the translation and interpretation portion of it was printed after the journal with black and white thumbnails of each page. It would probably have been better (for an English-only speaker like myself - wish I could read/speak Spanish!) if each full page of the journal was immediately followed by the translation and interpretation. I think that might've made for a better flow.