{"product_id":"9781444779660","title":"Hustvedt, Siri - The blazing world","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Hustvedt, Siri. Themes include Art, History, Contemporary (1945-), Fiction, Literary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted For The Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner Of The \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize For Fiction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDazzling' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A truly wonderful intellectual work that makes you\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethink and laugh' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Playful, ebullient, brainy' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The artist Harriet Burden, furious at the lack of attention paid her by the New York art world, conducts an experiment: she hides her identity behind three male fronts in a series of exhibitions. Their success seems to prove her point, but there's a sting in the tail - when she unmasks herself, not everyone believes her. Then her last collaborator meets a bizarre end.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this mesmerising tour de force, Burden's story emerges after her death through a variety of sources, including her (not entirely reliable) journals and the testimonies of her children, lover and a dear friend. Each account is different, however, and the mysteries multiply.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A novel that gloriously lives up to its title, one blazing with energy and thought' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise For Siri Hustvedt:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom' \u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'One of our finest novelists' \u003cb\u003eOliver Sacks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A 21st-century Virginia Woolf' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59092430225782,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781444779660.jpg?v=1792670073","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781444779660","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}