Picture Palace
Picture Palace by Paul Theroux, published by Penguin Books in 1999, is a literary work that delves into the life of world-renowned photographer Maude Coffin Pratt. At seventy years old, Maude revisits her extensive archives in anticipation of a significant retrospective. As she sifts through her collection, the images evoke a torrent of repressed memories, revealing her extraordinary experiences and the complex relationships she had with her celebrated subjects.
Readers will encounter a narrative that intertwines themes of city life and the intricacies of fame, as Maude reflects on her past and confronts a painful secret that has shaped her existence. This edition spans 359 pages and is presented in English, offering an exploration of both the public and private facets of her life and the art of photography. Through Maude’s journey, the book examines the intersections of memory, identity, and the impact of art on personal history.
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World-famous photographer Maude Coffin Pratt has pointed her lens at the beautiful, obscure, and obscene, and at the private places and public parts of the famous, from Gertrude Stein to Graham Greene. When the seventy-year-old Maude rummages through her archives in preparation for a triumphant retrospective, the resurrected images unleash a flood of suppressed memories — of her extraordinary life, her celebrated subjects, and the dark, painful secret at the core of her existence.
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