Portrait of an unknown lady
Gainza, María, 1975-2022
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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.
Main title:
Portrait of an unknown lady / Maria Gainza ; translated by Thomas Bunstead.
Imprint:
London : Harvill Secker, 2022.
Collation:
208 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Spanish.
ISBN:
9781787303249 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
EnglishSpanish
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BRN:
3247940
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