My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy audiobook review
A fictional British author in Paris sets out to explore Stein through the lens of her own friendships, in this inventive, perfectly paced portrait
TL;DR
- The novel features an unnamed British author in Paris writing about Gertrude Stein.
- The author is distracted by a lost cat and reflects on her friendships.
- Gertrude Stein is presented as a modernist writer and art collector, known for stream-of-consciousness prose.
- Stein achieved commercial success later in life with 'The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas'.
- The audiobook is narrated by Kristin Atherton and is praised for its pacing.
- The narrator visits Père Lachaise cemetery, reflecting on Stein and other literary luminaries.