A Cezanne in the Hedge and Other Memories of Charleston and Bloomsbury

During the 1930s and '40s Bloomsbury luminaries frequently gathered at Charleston, a farmhouse in Sussex that was the home of painter Vanessa Bell, her husband, art critic Clive Bell, and her lover, the painter Duncan Grant. In reminiscences by the principals' children and grandchildren, this interesting and eclectic collection edited by Lee, the founder of the Charleston Newsletter , brings the Bloomsbury Group to life, evoking the flavor of Charleston and the unconventional lives that were lived there. The book also includes biographers' and critics' evaluations of the art produced by Vanessa Bell, Grant and Roger Fry, and a previously unpublished piece written by 12-year-old Virginia Stephen (later Woolf). A captivating addition to the ever-expanding body of work documenting the lives of this influential group of artists and writers. (Sept.)