Portrait of an Unknown Lady Gainza Maria
Portrait of an Unknown Lady Gainza Maria 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…
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Portrait of an Unknown Lady Gainza Maria
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 New York Times Notable Book 2019'A writer who feels immediately important' ObserverAt a hotel in Buenos Aires, a woman checks in under a pseudonym. 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. She wears a black fur shawl and has no luggage.
It is a story of influence and intrigue, in which nothing is as it seems. At its heart is an enigmatic genius who for years forged portraits of the city's elite, before disappearing without trace. 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
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