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Wild Thing : A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux

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Wild Thing : A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue PrideauxLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON FICTION 2024A vital re examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin and the first full biography in over thirty years written by the award winning author of I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche.*Gorgeously illustrated with 70 full colour images*'Scintillating.' FINANCIAL TIMES'Phenomenal.' PROSPECT'A vivid, revisionist picture.' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Witty and bold.' LUCY HUGHES

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024A vital re-examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin - and the first full biography in over thirty years - written by the award-winning author of I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche.

*Gorgeously illustrated with 70 full-colour images*'Scintillating.' FINANCIAL TIMES'Phenomenal.' PROSPECT'A vivid, revisionist picture.' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Witty and bold.' LUCY HUGHES-HALLETTPaul Gauguin is chiefly known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the Western art world. It is less well known that he was a stockbroker in Paris and that after the 1882 financial crash he struggled to sustain his artistry, and worked as a tarpaulin salesman in Copenhagen, a canal digger in Panama City, and a journalist exposing the injustices of French colonial rule in Tahiti.

In Wild Thing, the award-winning biographer Sue Prideaux re-examines the adventurous and complicated life of the artist. She illuminates the people, places and ideas that shaped his vision: his privileged upbringing in Peru and rebellious youth in France; the galvanising energy of the Paris art scene; meeting Mette, the woman who he would marry; formative encounters with Vincent van Gogh and August Strindberg; and the ceaseless draw of French Polynesia.

Prideaux conjures Gauguin's visual exuberance, his creative epiphanies, his fierce words and his flaws with acuity and sensitivity. Drawing from a wealth of new material and access to the artist's family, this myth-busting work invites us to see Gauguin anew.

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Binding: Hardback,
Pagination: 416 pages
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DadoMultimedia
Lowell, US
★★★★★ 3
Es una buen cargador inalámbrico, pero su mal ensamblaje hizo que no funcionara al inicio.
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Estaba bastante emocionado de tener éste cargador inalámbrico para mi celular. Me gustó mucho el diseño de la bandeja hecho en piel. (según la descripción) Lamentablemente, no funcionó con mi celular, tengo un iPhone 12 pro max, que funciona perfectamente si lo cargo con cualquier otro cargador inalámbrico, pero con éste cargador no funcionó, simplemente se quedaba la luz led en color azul parpadeando. Y según las instrucciones es porque no está bien acomodado en la bandeja ó que está protegiéndose de un sobre-calentamiento, pero nada que ver con ello, ya que lo estuve probando acomodándolo de distintas maneras y comparándolo al mismo tiempo con otro cargador donde sí funcionaba mi celular sin problemas. Cabe mencionar que las pruebas fueron hechas sin tener ningún estuche protector en el celular que pudiese interferir con la conexión inalámbrica del cargador. Simplemente éste cargador no estaba funcionando. Quedé desilusionado, ya que ére era el propósito de tener éste cargador, ya que usar sólo la bandeja, el precio por éste producto sería exageradamente alto. Bandeja y cargador es una buena idea, pero la bandeja sin un cargador que no funcione, no tiene caso. En el último momento decidí abrir (soy técnico en electrónica) para revisar porque no estaba funcionando, y descubrí que la bobina que funge como imán, estaba despegada de donde debería estar posicionada por causa de un mal ensamblaje. Así que simplemente la coloqué en el lugar que debería de ir añadiendo un poco de pegamento para reforzar que no se vuelva a despegar. Hice prueba nuevamente, y el celular ésta vez fue detectado sin problemas y cargando. En conclusión, la idea de ésta bandeja con el cargador es muy buena, el producto es muy bueno en cuanto a la calidad de la piel, lamentablemente un mal ensamblaje termina haciendo que demerite la calidad del producto. Iba a dar 2 estrellas, sin embargo, al encontrar la falla, subo a 3 estrellas, ya que el producto en si es bueno, pero el mal ensamble, como mencioné, le resta mucho, ya que podría haber llevado a que éste producto ya fuera inútil.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2024
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Tiffany Detweiler
Fort Morgan, US
★★★★★ 5
Beautiful
Color: Best Dad-brown
I got this for my husband for Father’s Day and I know he’s going to love it! It’s very simple with a beautiful colored leather, great stitch/leather quality, a hearty quote with a cute design, and perfect size for what is usually kept at the bedside.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2025
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Billy Bonds
Phoenix, US
★★★★★ 5
Good looking and the wireless charging works great
Color: Best Dad-brown
I have a confession to make, I(a dad) bought this for myself. I was looking for something to keep on the night stand next tot he bed without getting to big. I only wanted something to charge my phone and put the tv remotes in, I have no interest in keeping my keys, watch or spare change in reach of our younger children....most of the other options I found were much bigger for all those purposes. This one is well made, looks great, and the wireless charger is very easy with my iphone, even while in its case. I dont even need to center it in the charging pad, which was my only fear. I can lay my phone anywhere in there and it charges flawlessly. If you are looking for a gift for your dad, I would not hesitate.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024
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Patrick Roggie
Houston, US
★★★★★ 5
Charger works great, tray is solid
Color: Best Dad-brown, Color: Best Dad-brown
I've only used wireless chargers in passing before, and always had issues with them consistently 'activating.' I've had no issues with this one at all, the tray makes it very easy to line it up. Slide the phone all the way into the groove and it's charged flawlessly for me. My phone does have a case, though it's not a very thick one like an otterbox, which I imagine would make the charging more inconsistent. The tray as a whole is very solidly built and well made, it is listed as 'vegan leather' so I'm assuming it's not actual leather, but you honestly can't tell the difference. My biggest complaint is how cheesy the saying on the tray is (even though I am a dad), but that is well worth putting up with for how nice the tray is.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2024
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Pronounce
Natrona Heights, US
★★★★★ 4
Not bad, but charger didn't work with my phone
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I have several organizing trays on my desk (basic, nothing as nice as this box), and so I thought to reduce the clutter on my desk further by incorporating my QI charger with an organizer tray. Unfortunately the QI charger in the organizer wouldn't link up to the QI charging coils of my phone. Whereas the organizer's charger did work with my wife's S24 Ultra, and my phone has been working on a separate QI charger. The whole point in spending this much money on this organizer is for the QI charger. Without the charger working it's just too expensive as an organizer. Yes, it has a leather look to it, but even with that finish I'd say $25 max would be all I'd be willing to pay for such an organizer. So this a cautionary point. If you give this as a gift it may not work with the recipients phone.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2024

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