Hardcover: 296 pages

Publisher: Abrams (August 9, 2005)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0810959542

ISBN-13: 978-0810959545

Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.1 x 9.6 inches

Published in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent life. These passionate, often surprising, intimate records, kept under lock and key for some 40 years in Mexico, reveal many new dimensions in the complex personal life of this remarkable Mexican artist. The 170-page journal contains the artist's thoughts, poems, and dreams--many reflecting her stormy relationship with her husband, artist Diego Rivera--along with 70 mesmerizing watercolor illustrations. The text entries, written in Frida's round, full script in brightly colored inks, make the journal as captivating to look at as it is to read. Her writing reveals the artist's political sensibilities, recollections of her childhood, and her enormous courage in the face of more than 35 operations to correct injuries she had sustained in an accident at the age of 18. This intimate portal into her life is sure to fascinate fans of the artist, art historians, and women's culturalists alike.

弗里达·卡罗1907年7月6日出生在墨西哥城南部的科瑶坎街区，6岁时弗里达得了小儿麻痹，致使右腿萎缩。18岁那年她乘坐的公共汽车与一辆有轨电车相撞，此外，她的右脚脱臼，粉碎性骨折，肩膀也脱臼。虽然奇迹般地活了下来，但是终身不能生育，而且伤痛如影随形，有时不得不依靠酒精、麻醉品和卷烟来缓解肉体的疼痛。弗里达在苦痛中用绘画来转移注意力，父亲为她买了笔和纸，母亲在她的床头安了一面镜子，透过镜子她开始画自画像。

弗里达是个特立独行的女人，喜欢追求“惊奇和特殊”，会穿着华丽的墨西哥民族服装、戴着绚丽的头饰与耳环走街过市，毫不在乎别人的目光。她是美丽的，甚至“稍有瑕疵也恰好增添了她的魅力”。两条几乎连成一线的浓眉，上唇还微微有些胡子，这都是她最**的特征。