Tinisima

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Using quotations from actual letters, characters under their actual names, and events straight out of history, Mexican novelist Elena Poniatowska has reimagined the life of actress and Communist agent Tina Modotti. Modotti was the lover of photographer Edward Weston, the friend of Diego Rivera and other artists, and an agent for the Soviet Union during the murky events of the Spanish Civil War. Poniatowska brushes aside questions of morality and politics to present Tina Modotti as an impetuous romantic, a heroine regardless of the rightness of her cause. The Spanish Civil War forms the backdrop for the last and most dramatic stage of Modotti's life: she was the lover of Vittorio Vidali, who specialized in assassinating anti-Stalinist leftists. Regardless of the stature of the book as literature, it gives a portrait of one of the most fascinating characters on the world stage between the World Wars.

Book Description

For this fictionalized account of the life of Tina Modotti (1896-1942), Elena Poniatowska devoted ten years of research to fully understand the woman who was so caught up in the social and political turbulence of the pre-World War II decades.

At different times in her life, Modotti was a silent screen actress, a model for Diego Rivera's murals, and a lover of photographer Edward Weston. She was also a champion for the Mexican people who lovingly referred to her as Tinisima.

In 1929, Modotti was accused of the murder of Julio Antonio Mella, her Cuban lover. She fled to the U.S.S.R. to escape the Mexican press and then to Europe, where she became a Soviet secret agent and a nurse under an assumed name, returning to Mexico to meet an early death at the age of forty-five.

"Poniatowska has made an art form of blending journalism and fiction. She tells this novel in an urgent present tense, segueing among short, vivid scenes with cinematic virtuosity. Ten years of research and a thorough knowledge of the currents of history contribute to this portrait, but equally important is Poniatowska's intuitive appreciation of a woman shaped and destroyed by her tumultuous times."--Publishers Weekly

"Poniatowska's profoundly moving evocation of her heroine's boundless soul flows like blood through the carefully erected factual structure of the real Modotti's astonishing life story. . . . A tour de force, Tinisima is a work to treasure."--Booklist

This fictionalized account of the life of Tina Modotti is a fascinating story of the complex woman caught up in the social and political turbulence of the pre-World War II era.

Customer Reviews:

!VIVA TINISIMA!.......2003-07-08

Before reading this novel, what I knew of Tina Modotti came from a single Edward Weston photograph. A beautiful woman with penetrating eyes.

Once I began to read "TINISIMA", I became utterly captivated with the life of Tina Modotti. Elena Poniatowska has a way of making the narrative read as if Tina Modotti herself were relating various happenings from her life to the reader, while the author adds her own commentaries as a supplement.

The more I read of this novel, the more I found myself curious about this woman and her life. It got to the point that I could hardly tear myself away from finishing this novel, though it pained me to see how Miss Modotti was manipulated and abused both by some of her friends/compatriots and the Stalinist system she once served so faithfully. I believe it was a mistaken faith, but I respect Miss Modotti for the courage of her convictions. She had good intentions, a big heart, but was prone to blind herself to the evils of Stalinism. Therein lies the ultimate tragedy of her life.

Tina Modotti could have gone on to become one of the greatest photographers of the last century had she not threw herself wholly into Marxist/Stalinist politics. Perhaps it is for that reason that she is not widely known today.

I wish I could have known Tina Modotti. I would have loved to have had lots of conversations with her in some café or small restaurant. While I'm sure we would not agree on a number of issues, I like to think we would have become close friends.

Thank you, Elena Poniatowska, for a beautiful book.

I was on a two month vacation in Mexico..........2003-01-30

and I could not put the book down. The importance of my Spanish immersion classes became secondary to the adventures and passion of Tina in Mexico and abroad. Poniatowska successfully gives readers a glimpse into the life of this artist and activist. Poniatowska gives attention to the social and political environment that contributed to Tina's transformation from a goddess to a committed communista who gave her life to the cause.

Eyes wide open---and focussed on the market.......2003-01-08

Tina Modotti led a fascinating life. If it were ultimately tragic, well, whose isn't ? Born into a poor family in northwestern Italy, she emigrated with them to America as a teenager. She married young, to an artistic sort of fellow, got into the silent movies, went to Mexico with her husband, and fell in love with Edward Weston the famous photographer, who left his wife and family to be with her. As one of the bright lights and sexual epicenters of the Mexican artistic renaissance of the 1920s, Modotti sparkled like a Roman candle. Her last (and true ?) lover was a Cuban revolutionary who got himself assassinated by her side in 1929. She was almost 33. The Mexican government tried to implicate her in the murder, finally deporting her to Europe the following year, despite the best efforts of Diego Rivera and the Mexican Communist Party. From then on, Tina floundered. Germany did not suit her, life in Russia in the `30s was anything but pleasant---she subordinated all her individuality to the needs of the party. She became a Comintern agent in Europe, winding up in Spain, where she slaved away throughout the whole Civil War, fleeing to France at the end, and returning to Mexico with her faithless last husband, also a Communist Party operative. She died there in 1941.

OK, that's the outline of her life in a single paragraph. If you want to know how she fit into all the various circles of her acquaintance, if you want to know what Tina thought about any of this, if you would like any sort of psychological grasp of what makes a person live this way, why so much insecurity, why the need to be controlled (ideas that don't even come up in this shallow work)---then, for God's sake, read another book. This is a journalistic, fictionalized biography. Nothing wrong there, such things could be excellent. It depends on what journal we are talking about, though. TINISIMA, in my opinion, derives from the "National Enquirer". We definitely learn about her sexual activities and feelings, because the writer had her eye firmly on the marketplace. We waltz through her love life, but Tina remains an enigma. We are treated to endless cascades of names, some of which may be more familiar in Mexico than in North America, true, but still the presence of many can only be likened to cameo appearances in certain flashy Hollywood movies. Ernest Hemingway, Leon Trotsky, Frida Kahlo, Palmiro Togliatti, Norman Bethune, Lazaro Cardenas, William Z. Foster, Octavio Paz, Garcia Lorca---the list is endless, but to what purpose ? As a novel, not a biography, Poniatowska could have portrayed Modotti's character as deeply and intimately as she wanted. There was nothing to stop her. Instead, we get "People" magazine.

I don't know another book about Tina Modotti unfortunately. I wanted to find out more about her, and, after a fashion, I did by reading TINISIMA, but I believe the real biography, fictional or serious, has yet to be written. The praises lavished on the book on the frontispiece and back cover should be taken with a large number of grains of salt. This book is seriously flawed-it is neither a biography nor a good novel. 3 stars is a generous rating.

A heroine's life.......2002-11-24

I found this book to be a wonderful historical novel where prolific writer Elena Poniatowski blurs the lines between fact and fiction leaving you believing more than doubting the accuracy of the stories. As you read this book you will go back in time, to a time of Communist idealism that was creeping into Mexico, especially it's artists ideals, specifically the circle surrounding Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. More of a backdrop to the time period the book does not dwell on the relationship between Frida and Tina. It does however explore the Communist movement in Mexico right after the Mexican Revolution. Mostly the book explores the romantic life of Tina in her pursuit of a better society for mankind that takes her globe trotting from nation to nation, from one hot spot to another, hiding and seeking refuge, eluding police and authorities all the while in her quest for an ideal vision. Much of the book evolves around the time Tina spent in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. This along with her devotion to the men of her life including but not limited to photographer Edward Weston, Cuban communist Julio Mella and agent Vittorio are the passions that fueled her incredible life. Each chapter has a small black and white photograph from Tina Mondotti's archives. If you have never seen her photographs it is worth checking out. I have another book that features her photographs in Mexico and they are superb reflections of a time now only found in the remotest corners of Mexico. The story in this book has Tina accused of murder, implicated in murder or assassination, deported only to resurface and genrally moving about the globe on various passports and identities. Although this is a romantic version of her clandestine life it is based on thorough research. Incidently, in the current film version of Frida, Ashley Judd plays Tina in the torrid tango dance scene between her and Frida which reults in one of the more memorable visuals of the movie. Elena Poniatowski is a skilled writer who lets her passions dictate her style and the result is powerful image as to who the shadowy Tina Mondotti was. I would recommend this book to those that like historical novels, the Spanish Civil War, Mexico or the intrigue and story behind one of the most fascinating womens life in the early days of Communist spies . This is a grand novela featuring an extraordinary and intimate portrayal of a passionate woman.

Highly Recommended.......2002-07-04

Not only does Tinisima by Elena Poniatowska allow the reader to get a glimpse of Tina Modotti's life, but it also is very engaging for those interested in the history of Mexico, Spain, and the Soviet Union, especially in the context of the Communist Party in the former two countries. The book peeked my interest even more regarding Mexican history and the history of the Spanish Civil War. The book is also extremely wonderfully written. I haven't read other books by Poniatowska, but I plan to now.

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Tinisima
Elena (Translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver) (Tina Modotti) Poniatowska
Manufacturer: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OX3XGG

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Tinisima
Elena Poniatowska
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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ASIN: B000OJ24RY

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Tinisima [Text in Spanish]
Elena Poniatowska
Manufacturer: Ediciones Era
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBDYR8

Book Description

Mason St. Clair, the new Earl of Ashlin, has inherited a title for which there is no longer a fortune, thanks to his elder brother. Steeped in debt, with three ungainly nieces to marry off, Mason is desperate for relief. Only he doesn't expect it in the form of Madame Fontaine, a woman of questionable reputation. She arrives on his doorstep with partial payment on a debt owed to the former earl. When Mason demands full payment, she is at a loss. It's wacky Cousin Felicity who suggests that this woman, whom men cannot resist, can work off the rest of her debt by teaching the three wards how to attract worthy husbands. In a bind, Riley, as the Madame is known, agrees. Once the bargain has been struck, Mason finds that he too is falling under the Madame's spell, and it's not long before an additional couple is heading to the altar.

Customer Reviews:

Written with absolutely no intentions for sequel(s), author met her goal.......2006-02-11

I loved this book! I hated to see it end. I loved all the characters, and I can see why the author intentionally did not want to write sequels, and accomplished the task by being sure that every character in the book who was eligible (not to mention 'straight') for marriage got married in this book. The result: 3 marriages at Gretna Green. This may not appeal to some readers, but it was so well done and a perfect ending to the book. Usually, I tend to find at least 3 or 4 favorite characters in a book, but in this one, I liked nearly all of them equally. I do wish we had seen just a bit more of Captain Hardy, but I wasn't unhappy with the way he was written in for Maggie. I loved how everyone got married off, especially the nieces.

This book had humor on nearly every page. It was not what I would call rib-breaking funny, although there were occassional laugh-out-loud moments throught the book. Mostly, I sat reading it with a grin/smirk on my face and chuckles throught. I am not sure who to compare the humor to, possibly Sabrina Jeffries? I'm not really sure.

As far as the 'playing' goes, they didn't till the last 100 pages of the book, and then, only twice. If you want a spicy read, you do not want this book. It was more about friendship & love than about the physical aspects. In fact, I would put the physical aspects on par with the Suzanne Enoch books I've read. In other words, pretty basic stuff, no graphic details. You won't find this to be like a Nicole Jordan book.

Now, the matter other reviewers were complaining about, the use of modern day language between the young ladies in the book. I did see a couple of short, blink & you'll miss them, lines on this order. I do agree that "Oh, Great!" and "As if!!!" don't belong in historical romance, but I do not let this stop me from giving the book a rating of 10 on the 1-10 rating scale.

Will most definitely look forward to reading more of Elizabeth Boyle's works in the future.

The most horrible mistake..........2005-04-26

I made the most horrible mistake of buying this book. The grammar and vocabulary was terrible...Dialogue was horrendous...Incorrect historical reference,too much to even list...It was a big long boring story that never seems to end..It took me 2 weeks to finish it off!...The worst book I have ever read in years..

Please let Avon hire an editor!.......2005-04-06

This is a fun book with a delightfully frothy plot. I would have given it another star, but egads! -- or as the heroine persists in putting it, "eh, gads!" -- the grammar and vocabulary are atrocious.

One would wish the author or her editor knew the difference between "may" and "might"...or "flaunt" and "flout"...or "nosing about" and "noising about." But truly mind-boggling are the references to "ramparts" shooting through Riley's veins...or the villain sitting down with "the dredges" of humanity...or finding something behind a pile of "refuge."

I felt like I should be reading with a blue pencil in my hand. Did anyone with a basic grounding in high-school English bother to look over this manuscript before it was publishes?

Charming 4 1/2 stars book.......2002-08-17

I would have given this 5 stars except that the beginning was slow, and I almost put the book aside and stop reading it. But since I read Ms. Boyle's latest book and loved it, I figured I would try to read at least 100 pages before tossing it aside, and the next thing I knew I was so caught up in the story, I couldn't put it down! Give the book a chance, it is a charming read!

Tedious, unfunny, and appallingly lacking in accuracy.......2001-08-13

This isn't quite the worst book I've read this year, but it comes close. I don't read many books where I'm tempted to skim by about the second chapter, but this was one.

The plot was straightfroward fare: new Earl inherits title, a pile of debt and three unmarried daughters from his profligate brother. How can he make ends meet and find husbands for his nieces, who are not exactly the most marriageable young women around? Then, in the first plot development requiring suspension of disblief, a woman - Riley Fontaine - who runs her own theatre company (in the 1790s?!?) visits the Earl and actually lets him know that her company owes him money - now, once she'd realised that he knew nothing about it, why on earth didn't she make her escape immediately?

Anyway, be that as it may, through a convoluted process Riley is then employed to teach the Earl's nieces how to behave on the Marriage Mart. As if! A ridiculous idea in the circumstances. And the Earl and Riley are attracted to each other, but he needs to marry for money. Oh, and at the same time, through some dastardly plot by a cousin who wants the money Riley never knew she had, someone's trying to kill her. Because, as the prologue tells us - now, wouldn't it have been more interesting to keep this information hidden, Ms Boyle? - Riley is actually the granddaughter of a countess and the heir to the title and lands herself.

I don't know where the comedy was. All I saw was ludicrous farce, in scene after scene which made me cringe. Cousin Felicity - how irritating was she?! And her nosey friend. And Mason, the Earl's, friends too! As for the nieces, I can't really comment, because they were so poorly drawn I didn't find out anything at all about them. They could have been interesting characters, but instead they were shadowy, caricatured sketches.

And then Ms Boyle is another writer who doesn't appear to consider that it's important to make her characters *sound* authentic. I don't mean that she should pepper dialogue with eighteenth-century slang; but at the very least her characters should *not* use contemporary American phrasing! I lost count of the number of times I winced when a character said something which was completely wrong either for the country or the period.

Customer Reviews:

I must agree...there was too much going on in this book.......2006-12-15

From the back cover:

Five kids...

Last she knew, widowed mom Helen Brannigan had one daughter and no man in her life. Now there were seven Christmas stockings to hang, five extra settings for the table--and one mansize dinner to make. Suddenly she was sharing her home--and joint custody of five kids--with a sexy widowed dad who was no more than a stranger...

One wedding...

In a marriage of convenience, she'd said "I do" to that sexy stranger. Five happy little faces had held their breaths as she'd kissed the groom. And now Helen was holding her breath--for her brand-new husband to love her...

And my review:

I won't put a detailed review here, since what the other reviewers have said pretty much covers it. There was way too many subplots going on in this book. So much so that the romance was pushed aside. I felt like this book hardly knew what it was supposed to be, so they just decided to label it a romance. This book needed some serious editing and to develop just one or two issues, instead of barely touching on a gazillion of them.

There are better Christmas romances out there. See my list "Christmas romance books worth buying" for a list of my recommend picks. As for FIVE KIDS, ONE CHRISTMAS, I recommend that you save your money.

Too crowded.......2003-10-18

My main problem with this book was that it was much too crowded. It had too many issues to give each of them the space they deserved to be fully developed. Helen's military career, Nat's blindness, the custody battles, the kids themselves and their problems accepting all the changes in their lives AND the love story. All this in a 250-page book.

Ramin made a good effort, for the first 150 pages, more or less, but in the last 100 pages I thought she lost control of the plot threads by adding a kidnapping and the visit of a weird relative, too, which further crowded the book. I wouldn't have minded the crowd so much if the romance hadn't been shortchanged, but it all but disappeared in that last part, and the book became a chore to read. Until then, she'd succeeded in showing excellent chemistry between Nat and Helen, but she blew it.

It was an interesting book at times, yes, but ultimately not a success for me. Of course, I might have been influenced by the fact that being dropped into a ready-made family with 5 kids is my idea of hell ;-)

:|.......2001-12-05

Nat Crockett lost his wife, kids, and eyesight within a short period of time. His eyesight was due to an accident, but his wife left him for his best friend. She also took his kids and the court sided with her that his disability left him unable to properly care for his children. Now almost five and a half years later he was getting his kids, Zach and Cara back. His ex-wife Amanda and her husband John were killed in auto wreck.

Colonel Helen Brannigan lost her husband, who married Nat's ex wife. She also lost custody of her daughter when her ex-husband claimed that due to her job she could not properly take care of their daughter. Now her ex is gone and she wants her daughter, Libby back.

They catch Nat and Helen off guard when they tell them that they have both been given joint custody of Zach, Cara, and Nat. That is not the only surprise in store for them. They have also given them joint custody of their ex-spouses other two children, Max and Jane. As if that were not enough to shock them they also find out that Nat's ex-wife's parents are trying to sue for custody of all the children. They may have caught Nat and Helen off guard, but they try to make the best of it. Both love their kids and will do anything to keep them, even marry.

This was a good story, although I felt it had too many subplots. As if joining this dysfunctional family together was not enough other problems crop up. Nat's blindness, Helen's job, Zach's emotional problems, the custody issue, the extended family's, Nat and Helen's attraction to each other, and many other problems that develop. I just felt that it was too much for one book. I have read this authors more recent books that I feel are much better.

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Not very engrossing. Christmassy, but not memorable.......2005-10-20

From the back cover:

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"She can't say why she agreed?" Because he rail-roaded her into it, the stinking, manipulative liar! He announces their "marriage" first, then asks forgiveness later. Nice guy!

That incident started me off on the wrong foot with Max, and that feeling stayed with me throughout the book. I didn't like him.

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A story of strength.......2003-10-31

The people of Planet Eight had happy, productive lives. They seemed born with knowledge of themselves and their visible environment. With Canopus' teaching, they were developing as a culture, strengthening their social structures and integrating new knowledge into their world-view. They knew that their whole people had a future planned among the stars, as citizens of star-spanning society.

Then their sunny, warm planet started to chill. Within a generation, tropical landscape became snowscape everywhere on the planet. Conditions changed so that the promise of their future could not be kept.

It takes some time for the stage to be set properly, but I think this where the real story begins. It is about a people struggling to adapt to increasingly harsh truths presented by the world around them. As conditions worsen, they harden themselves to successively more drastic steps that must be taken to survive. That, I think, is the tragedy of this story: the determination to survive, knowing that the only way goes against all that ever mattered to them. It is about the personal cost of sustaining faith and hope in the face of crushing realities.

More than the others in Lessing's Canopus series, I find this book ambiguous. It is as well written and well paced as the others, and it conveys the same serenity and certainty. This book, however, addresses especially complex issues. I do not share the view that Lessing expresses. I don't have to, though, to appreciate this as a remarkable, personal expression.

Joining up.......2001-10-23

Planet 8, a promising outpost of the Empire of Canopus, undergoes a catastrophic climate change. Canopus had planned to move the people to a similar planet, Rohanda; but the wrecking of these plans, as detailed in Lessing's Shikasta and The Sirian Experiments, means that a more arduous course must be taken. As their home freezes with appalling rapidity, the people of Planet 8 must first adapt to the new conditions and then transcend them by forging a group identity which will preserve their society's heritage. They already possess the germ of this collective mind - most obviously in their custom of changing the names of individuals according to the social function they happen to be performing at the time - but there is still a long, hard way to go. Despite its science-fictional plot, The Making of the Representative is closer in style to the social/psychological myth-making of The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five; certainly the prose is equally lyrical, and although the characters are (perhaps inevitably, given the theme) less well drawn as individuals, it's still a vivid, poignant, sometimes visionary piece. Appropriately, given its choral potentialities, the book was the basis of an opera by Philip Glass.

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