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4.0 out of 5 stars
Dry, thorough and essential, April 24, 2011
This review is from: Ghost Ships: A Surrealist Love Triangle (Hardcover)
If you're looking for details on the love triangle between Ernst and the Eluards, this is most likely the best source you'll have. The unexpected bonus is in the full-color repros of Ernst's artwork of the era, many of which I haven't seen before.
The downside is the book is rather dry ad goes into WAY too much detail on different ships and boats they travelled on. There is no way to document much of this (or any) era of Ernst's personal life, so the detective work the author did on this is greatly appreciated. And it reads like a detective wrote it. There are times it's very engrossing, but the sheer weight of ancillary detail robs the book of much of it's "zing"
Still, I'm glad I have it and would recommend it for students of Ernst's life.
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