The Blazing World

Paperback Published on: 02/03/2015
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The Blazing World
A dense and multi-layered novel about art, misogyny and the power of masks and perception.
The late Harriet Burden had been creating unusual and visceral installations for thirty years, but had largely gone unnoticed by art critics and the genera... READ MORE
Pete Renton at Nottingham

Synopsis

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES FICTION PRIZE

'Dazzling'
Sunday Times

'Truly wonderful'
Daily Mail

Artist Harriet Burden, consumed by fury at the lack of recognition she has received from the New York art establishment, embarks on an experiment: she hides her identity behind three male fronts who exhibit her work as their own.

Yet when Harriet unmasks herself to claim her rightful praise, not everyone believes her - submerging the art world in a scandal that soon turns deadly.

'A novel that gloriously lives up to its title, one blazing with energy and thought'
The Times

'I have told nearly everyone I love - and some random acquaintances - to stop whatever they are doing and read The Blazing World'
Financial Times

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISBN: 9781444779660
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 260g
  • Languages: English

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