Heard her speak at the New York Public Library Nov. 4. As one part of her research, she said, she prepared dishes from Frieda Kahlo's cookbook. She said she had wanted to leave Frieda completely out of the story, but simply couldn't, and that once engaged Frieda's character almost took her, Kingsolver, over until she "slammed the door" on her.
Her writing life became so intense that it took over her dreams, leading her to tell her husband one morning, "I dreamt I was cooking for Trotsky." Just started the book, which has a great voice-- not as great as the five voices she gave speech to in The Poisonwood Bible-- but it's still early in the book. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Proyect" <[email protected]> To: "David Schanoes" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 9:53 AM Subject: [Marxism] Trotsky, Kahlo and Rivera characters in new novel ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
