The Death of Francis Bacon

The Death of Francis Bacon

Author	Max Porter
Language	English
Publisher	Faber and Faber
Publication date	7 January 2021 [1]
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	74 [2]
ISBN	9780571366514
Preceded by	Lanny
Followed by	Shy

The Death of Francis Bacon is a novella by Max Porter about Francis Bacon, published in 2021. ^{[3] [4] [5]} 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. ^{[6] [7]}

The Death of Francis Bacon mixes prose and poetry experimentally. ^{[8] [9] [10]} It is a "brief, fragmentary book [. . .] divided into seven chapters of no more than eight small pages." ^[11] 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." ^[12]

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. "Book review: The Death of Francis Bacon, by Max Porter". 3 January 2021.
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.