The Blazing World

Informationen zum Autor Siri Hustvedt is the internationally acclaimed author of a book of poems! six novels! four collections of essays! and a work of nonfiction. In 2012 she was awarded the International Gabarron Prize for Thought and Humanities. Her novel  The Blazing World  was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Los Angeles Book Prize for Fiction. She has also published numerous papers in scholarly and scientific journals. She has a PhD in English literature from Columbia University and is a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages. She lives in Brooklyn! New York. Klappentext From the internationally bestselling author! praised for her "beguiling! lyrical prose" (The Sunday Times Review! UK)! comes a brilliant! provocative novel about an artist! Harriet Burden! who after years of being ignored by the art world conducts an experiment: she conceals her female identity behind three male fronts. Zusammenfassung From the internationally bestselling author! praised for her “beguiling! lyrical prose” ( The Sunday Times Review ! UK)! comes a brilliant! provocative novel about an artist! Harriet Burden! who after years of being ignored by the art world conducts an experiment: she conceals her female identity behind three male fronts. FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Siri Hustvedt comes a brilliant! provocative novel about an artist! Harriet Burden! who conducts an experiment after years of being ignored by the art world: she conceals her female identity behind three male fronts. The three solo shows are successful! but when Burden finally steps forward triumphantly to reveal herself as the artist behind the exhibitions! there is a public scandal. Doubts grow as acclaimed artist Rune! whose name was on the final exhibition! denies Burden’s role in its creation. What no one doubts! however! is that the two artists were intensely involved with each other. As Burden’s journals reveal! she and Rune found themselves locked in a charged and dangerous game that ended with the man’s bizarre death. From one of the most ambitious and internationally renowned writers of her generation! The Blazing World is a polyphonic tour de force. An intricately conceived! diabolical puzzle! it explores the deceptive powers of prejudice! money! fame! and desire. Emotionally intense! intellectually rigorous! ironic! and playful! Hustvedt’s new novel is a bold! rich masterpiece! one that will be remembered for years to come. ...

Product details

• Authors: Siri Hundsvedt, Siri Hustvedt
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2014
• EAN: 9781476769981
• ISBN: 978-1-4767-6998-1
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 27 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945)