{"product_id":"being-here-is-everything-the-life-of-paula-modersohn-becker-by-marie-darrieussecq","title":"Being Here is Everything: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker by Marie Darrieussecq","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe short, obscure, and prolific life of the German expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907), a significant figure in modernism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in France in 2016, \u003cem\u003eBeing Here Is So Much\u003c\/em\u003e traces the short, obscure, and prolific life of the German expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907). In a brief career, cut short by her death from an embolism at the age of thirty-one, shortly after she gave birth to a child, Modersohn-Becker trained in Germany, traveled often to Paris, developed close friendships with the sculptor Clara Westhoff and the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and became one of her generation's preeminent artists, helping introduce modernity to the twentieth century alongside such other painters as Picasso and Matisse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarie Darrieussecq's triumphant and illuminating biography at once revives Modersohn-Becker's reputation as a significant figure in modernism and sheds light on the extreme difficulty women have faced in attaining recognition and establishing artistic careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Penny Hueston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarie Darrieussecq is one of the leading voices in contemporary French literature. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003ePig Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for France's prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1996 and became an international bestseller. Her 2013 novel \u003cem\u003eMen: A Novel of Cinema and Desire\u003c\/em\u003e received the Prix Médicis, and her luminous, voluptuous portrait of the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, \u003cem\u003eBeing Here Is Everything\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in English by Semiotext(e) in 2017. Darrieussecq has also worked as a translator and a psychoanalyst.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Womb House Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52213090484533,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6247\/9413\/files\/beinghere.jpg?v=1768513001","url":"https:\/\/wombhousebooks.com\/products\/being-here-is-everything-the-life-of-paula-modersohn-becker-by-marie-darrieussecq","provider":"Womb House Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}