2003-05-29
... ? The New Yorker: Gertrude, Alice, and the WebThis week in the magazine, Janet Malcolm examines Gertrude Stein's life with Alice B. Toklas, and the mystery of how these two Jewish women survived the Nazi Occupation while remaining at their country house in eastern France. Stein looms large today, as a literary figure, a lesbian icon, a cultural impresario, and a friend of such photographers and painters as Man Ray and Pablo Picasso, who made her a subject of their art. In the past few years, Stein has also become a presence on the Web.
