About the Book: Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a groundbreaking work of experimental autobiography, written in Stein’s distinctive voice while presenting itself as the memoir of her partner, Alice B. Toklas. Set largely in early 20th-century Paris, it offers an intimate portrait of the artists, writers and intellectuals who gathered around Stein and Toklas, including Picasso, Hemingway, Matisse, Fitzgerald and Cézanne. Blending personal memories, literary innovation and cultural history, this classic captures the vibrant world of modernism and the extraordinary creative community that shaped 20th-century art and literature.