Length5h 10m
About this audiobook
Frida Kahlo: Canvas of Blood and Iron is a rich, narrative biography spanning over 46,000 words across ten vivid chapters. Moving past simplified myths, this book delivers a deeply human portrait of a woman who remade devastating suffering into immortal art.
Follow Frida’s extraordinary 47 years: childhood polio at Casa Azul, the catastrophic 1925 bus accident that launched her self-portraits, her tempestuous marriage to Diego Rivera, tragic losses in America, global exhibition triumphs in New York and Paris, and her final, fierce political defiance.
Written in flowing, expressive prose, this biography explores how one woman transformed steel corsets, medical trauma, and heartbreak into an enduring monument of resilience and creative sovereignty.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length5 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. Chapter 1: Roots of Coyoacán (1907–1924)
22. Chapter 2: The Crash and the Canvas (1925–1928)
33. Chapter 3: The Elephant and the Dove (1929–1930)
44. Chapter 4: Strangers in Gringolandia (1930–1933)
55. Chapter 5: Identity and Surrealism (1934–1938)
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66. Chapter 6: Paris and the Split (1939)
77. Chapter 7: Reunion and La Esmeralda (1940–1943)
88. Chapter 8: The Broken Column (1944–1949)
99. Chapter 9: The Final Exhibition (1950–1953)
1010. Chapter 10: Viva la Vida (1954)
1111. Special Note
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