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Titre: Portrait of an Unknown Lady Condition: Neuf Auteur: Maria Gainza Traducteur: Thomas Bunstead Contributeur: Thomas Bunstead (Translated by) Format: Poche ISBN-10: 1787303241 EAN: 9781787303249 ISBN: 9781787303249 Publisher: Harvill Secker Genre: Fiction Sujet: Arts & Photography Date de publication: 2022-03-03 Description: In this dazzling story of art and illusion, secrets and schemes, who is to be trusted - and what is real?
From the internationally acclaimed author of Optic Nerve
*A TLS Book of the Year*
'A writer who feels immediately important' Observer
At a hotel in Buenos Aires, a woman checks in under a pseudonym. She wears a black fur shawl and has no luggage. She is alone.
Over the coming days and nights, she tells a story, which begins with a secret shared in a local bath house, revealing art forgery and fraud on a dazzling scale. At its heart is an enigmatic genius who for years forged portraits of the city's elite, before disappearing without trace. It is a story of influence and intrigue, in which nothing is as it seems. We're not to expect 'names, numbers or dates', she cautions, but a more subtle kind of reckoning...
Told in a mordant, irresistible voice and full of sharp surprises, Portrait of an Unknown Lady is a captivating enquiry into what we mean by 'authenticity', in life as in art. At once poised and capricious, elegant and bold, it is a thrilling exploration of the relationships between what is lived, what is told, what is remembered, and what is real.
Translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead Sujet: Espagnol Pays/Région de fabrication: GB Item Height: 216 Item Length: 135.00 Item Width: 15.00 Poids: 211g Année de publication: 2022 Information manquante?
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