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‘A thoughtful and fascinating biography, packed with fabulous pictures’
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'A thoughtful and fascinating biography, packed with fabulous pictures' Image 'Knight deftly uses Cliff's life and work as a way to view broader currents in Britain: increased social mobility, greater (though still limited) independence for women, and changes in domesticity towards smaller houses and fewer servants. At the centre is Cliff herself, a woman who inspired admiration as well as snobbish opprobrium for her vivid designs and ambitiousness' Financial Times 'Knight's evocative life of Clarice Cliff is both biography and social analysis and it reads like a very sophisticated folk tale ...[She] has done wonders in building up a picture of a woman of exceptional self-reliance and determination' Fiona MacCarthy, Guardian 'A fascinating read' Time Out
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The author is to be congratulated for her ability to spin out a handful of facts into a full-blown book.
This biography is little more than an endless round of conjecture. Ms Cliff herself appears to have left little written record (No Diaries, Few Letters, etc.) and further appears to have been so intensely private that no one who knew her has anything insightful to contribute. So, instead, we get endless social history wrapped around what little factual record there is.
The Pottery Gazette is referenced ad nauseum - as if a trade rag is going to shed much light on the enigmatic Ms Cliff or her work.
Her long-term romantic involvement with her boss is introduced as a given but not supported or substantiated by any reference or commentary as to how or when or even why it started - it just "is". Why would the "handsome", "rich", "upper-crust" Colley Shorter have got together with his social inferior who was also, let's face it, no oil painting? That particular mystery is not only left unsolved but also unaddressed. And, given that said relationship was fundamental to her success, it is notable by it's absence.
Really, there might be enough here to warrant an interesting magazine article but a biography? I think not!
This biography is little more than an endless round of conjecture. Ms Cliff herself appears to have left little written record (No Diaries, Few Letters, etc.) and further appears to have been so intensely private that no one who knew her has anything insightful to contribute. So, instead, we get endless social history wrapped around what little factual record there is.
The Pottery Gazette is referenced ad nauseum - as if a trade rag is going to shed much light on the enigmatic Ms Cliff or her work.
Her long-term romantic involvement with her boss is introduced as a given but not supported or substantiated by any reference or commentary as to how or when or even why it started - it just "is". Why would the "handsome", "rich", "upper-crust" Colley Shorter have got together with his social inferior who was also, let's face it, no oil painting? That particular mystery is not only left unsolved but also unaddressed. And, given that said relationship was fundamental to her success, it is notable by it's absence.
Really, there might be enough here to warrant an interesting magazine article but a biography? I think not!
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This was purchased as a birthday gift and the recipient was highly delighted with it and looked forward to reading it. She thought the pictures in the book were really good.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was introduced to Clarice Cliff's work by this biography. It was a present but I found myself unable to put it down and read it in one session. She is a fascinating woman. I admire her tenacity and the book gives a little insight into why she was so impassioned. Overall, however, she is still a mystery. The good thing was this book led me to buy some academic ones on her pottery, which I'm pleased to say I now own three pieces of.
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