{"product_id":"the-lives-of-lucian-freud-youth-1922-68-9781408850954b","title":"The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922 - 68","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND SPECTATOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough ferociously private, Lucian Freud spoke every week for decades to his close confidante and collaborator William Feaver - about painting and the art world, but also about his life and loves. The result is this a unique, electrifying biography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Youth, Feaver conjures Freud's early childhood: Sigmund Freud's grandson, born into a middle-class Jewish family in Weimar Berlin, escaping Nazi Germany in 1934. Following Freud through art school, his time in the Navy during the war, his post-war adventures in Paris and Greece, and his return to Soho - consorting with duchesses and violent criminals, out on the town with Greta Garbo and Princess Margaret - Feaver traces a brilliant, difficult young man's coming of age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Brilliant . Freud would have approved' DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e'Superlative . packed with stories' GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e'Anyone interested in British art needs it' ANDREW MARR, NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819074359376,"sku":"9781408850954B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781408850954-l.jpg?v=1785874535","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-lives-of-lucian-freud-youth-1922-68-9781408850954b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}