Carlos Fuentes

A facsimile of the diary of the twentieth-century Mexican artist, which is accompanied by an English transcription and commentary and more than three hundred illustrations.

An Intimate Self-Portrait

The Diary of Frida Kahlo

Grace O'Callaghan

I never know how to rate diaries. How can you measure someone’s life against an arbitrary scale? Nevertheless I gave this four stars. I also have no idea how you can review diaries either but I’m going to try.

I made the mistake of knowing pretty much nothing about Frida Kahlo going into this. I also made the mistake of reading it cover to cover. I was only reading it for a project I’m doing so I could’ve just skimmed it. But no, I had to read the whole thing.

Frida Kahlo is an absolutely remarkable woman. By reading her diary before reading anything else about her, I think I’ll get more out of the other things I read about her. There is nothing as intimate as reading someone’s diary, and whilst I didn’t understand half of what she was saying, it was an enlightening experience.

There are many common themes throughout Frida’s diary. Communism and love are very prevalent but what I felt was most interesting was her vulnerability about her love and her pain. Her diary was so personal to her that she discusses her pain openly. But it does not make her weak. You see the struggles that she faces and how incredibly strong of a woman she is. We see some of her lowest points where she talks about committing suicide but won’t because of the people she loves. 

Whilst I don’t think it was the best decision in some ways, in others it was good that I started from her perspective before other people’s opinions could tarnish my view of her.

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