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We went up and joined them and there in the packing case was the largest laurel wreath that had ever been made, tied with a beautiful red ribbon. Matisse showed Gertrude Stein a card that had been in it. It said on it, To Henri Matisse, Triumphant on the Battlefield of Berlin, and was signed Thomas Whittemore. Thomas Whittemore was a bostonian archeologist and professor at Tufts College, a great admirer of Matisse and this was his tribute. Said Matisse, still more rueful, but I am not dead yet. Madame Matisse, the shock once over said, but Henri look, and leaning down she plucked a leaf and tasted it, it is real laurel, think how good it will be in soup. And, said she still further brightening, the ribbon will do wonderfully for a long time as hair ribbon for Margot.
Гертруда Стайн (1874—1946) — выдающаяся писательница, первопроходец литературы модерна — предстает перед русским читателем в своеобразной биографии, своего рода взгляде с другой стороны на события, описанные Хемингуэем в романе «Праздник, который всегда с тобой». Эта фальшивая автобиография, написанная от лица многолетней подруги и любовницы Гертруды Стайн, нарушает все правила грамматики и правила самой жизни, однако она принесла писательнице заслуженную славу. Писатели и художники,...