The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt ISBN f14f650f-38d3-4975-bb4f-a8d9886d2740, F14F650F-38D3-4975-BB4F-A8D9886D2740 instant download

The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt ISBN f14f650f-38d3-4975-bb4f-a8d9886d2740, F14F650F-38D3-4975-BB4F-A8D9886D2740 instant download

With The Blazing World, internationally best­selling author Siri Hustvedt returns to the New York art world in her most masterful and urgent novel since What I Loved. Hustvedt, who has long been celebrated for her "beguiling, lyrical prose" (The Sunday Times Books, London), tells the provocative story of the artist Harriet Burden. After years of watching her work ignored or dismissed by critics, Burden conducts an experiment she calls Maskings: she presents her own art behind three male masks, concealing her female identity.The three solo shows are successful, but when Burden finally steps forward triumphantly to reveal herself as the artist behind the exhibitions, there are critics who doubt her. The public scandal turns on the final exhibition, initially shown as the work of acclaimed artist Rune, who denies Burden's role in its creation. What no one doubts, however, is that the two artists were intensely involved with each...