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2021 book by Max Porter

The Death of Francis Bacon
AuthorMax Porter
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date7 January 2021
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages74
ISBN9780571366514
Preceded byLanny 
Followed byShy 

The Death of Francis Bacon is a novella by Max Porter about Francis Bacon, published in 2021. It is a reimagining of Bacon's deathbed thoughts, in his final six days in April 1992, in a Madrid hospital, alone except for a hospice nun.

The Death of Francis Bacon mixes prose and poetry experimentally. It is a "brief, fragmentary book divided into seven chapters of no more than eight small pages." According to Liam Pieper writing in The Sydney Morning Herald, "at about 6000 words, it's something between a short story and a long, messy poem."

References

  1. Inglis, Kiri (20 October 2020). "Announcing Max Porter's The Death of Francis Bacon | Journal". Faber. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. Freeman, Laura (7 January 2021). "Paint in the bloodstream: The Death of Francis Bacon, by Max Porter, reviewed". The Spectator. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. "The Death of Francis Bacon: The passion of an artist on his deathbed". www.independent.ie. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  4. "The Death of Francis Bacon: Max Porter's masterpiece in miniature". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  5. Thomas-Corr, Johanna (13 January 2021). "Max Porter's The Death of Francis Bacon: a novelist takes on the painter's final days". New Statesman. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  6. https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-the-death-of-francis-bacon-by-max-porter-3083839
  7. Liu, Max (7 January 2021). "The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter is too slight to be truly rewarding". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. Saunders, Tristram Fane (2 January 2021). "The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter, review: cruel, funny and grotesque". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  9. Marczynski, Joe (9 September 2021). "A Writer's Deathbed Portrait of Francis Bacon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  10. Solomon, Kat (22 September 2021). "Searching for Artifice in "The Death of Francis Bacon"". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  11. Adams, Tim (29 December 2020). "The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter review – last rites for a great artist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  12. Pieper, Liam (19 February 2021). "A playfully pretentious reimagining of Bacon's final days". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2023.


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