David Hockney: A Life

Cusset’s style oozes with delicacy, pointedness, and gusto. A perfect short exposé of Hockney’s life as seen through the eyes of an admiring novelist. * Kirkus Reviews *
This book is a gem. A hybrid of biography and novelistic chiaroscuro in which Catherine Cusset, a widely translated French novelist, tells us “I have imagined feelings, thoughts, and dialogue – Richard Cytowic * New York Journal *
Life of David Hockney feels almost as sunny as the poolside California that was the artist’s longtime muse. Cusset never lets her intellectual digressions slow the tempo of her staccato prose. Hers is an affirming vision of a restless talent propelled by optimism and chance – Ayten Tytici * New York Times *
Like Mr Hockney, Cusset mixes lush visuals with pervasive melancholy, and as her subject reaches belated maturity, her prose grows increasingly nuanced. By the book’s end, the great painter feels fragile and accessible, both a legend and a fallible man * Economist *
What a breezy delight this book is! – Brad Auerback * Entertainment Today *

Catherine Cusset was born in Paris in 1963. A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, she taught at Yale University for more than ten years before devoting herself to writing full time. She is the author of several novels.

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