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The collection presents a series of experimental prose pieces and brief stories that use repetitive syntax and close observation to explore identity, beginnings, and the varieties of human temperament. Recurrent acts such as being kissed and dandled recur as motifs for reflections on selfhood, memory, and how fundamental natures emerge and mix across a lifetime. Some pieces take the form of verbal portraits of acquaintances and creative peers, while others unfold as fragmentary, lyrical histories of types of people. The style emphasizes pattern, rhythm, and semantic play rather than conventional narrative, inviting readers to attend to sound, repetition, and shifting perspectives.

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Title: Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein

Author: Gertrude Stein

Release date: April 11, 2005 [eBook #15600]
Most recently updated: October 14, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Suzanne Shell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein

With Two Shorter Stories

Gertrude Stein


[Transcriber’s Note: All apparent spelling errors, possible typos, and one (missing?) period have been checked against the images used for transcription, and left as found. This transcription was made from a modern edition, and it is not clear if these oddities were intended or introduced. Please consult an authoritative edition before quoting from this transcription.]


Matisse Picasso
and Gertrude Stein

Also known as: G.M.P.

With Two Shorter Stories






A LONG GAY BOOK1909-1912
MANY MANY WOMEN   1910
G.M.P.1911-1912