Portrait of an unknown lady
Gainza, María, 1975-2022
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In the Buenos Aires art world, a master forger has achieved legendary status. Rumoured to be a woman, she seems especially gifted at forging canvases by the painter Mariette Lydis, a portraitist of Argentine high society. But who is this absurdly gifted creator of counterfeits? What motivates her? And what is her link to the community of artists who congregate, night after night, in a strange establishment called the Hotel Melancólico? On the trail of this mysterious forger is our narrator, an art critic and auction house employee through whose hands counterfeit works have passed. As she begins to take on the role of art-world detective, adopting her own methods of deception and manipulation, she warns us "not to proceed in expectation of names, numbers or dates . . . My techniques are those of the impressionist."
Main title:
Portrait of an unknown lady / Maria Gainza ; translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead.
Author:
Gainza, María, 1975-, authorBunstead, Thomas, translator
Imprint:
London : Harvill Secker, 2022.©2022
Collation:
188 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Spanish.
ISBN:
97817873032499781787303249 (paperback)
Dewey class:
863.7
Language:
EnglishSpanish
Subject:
BRN:
722806
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | Fiction | GAIN | Available |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | GAIN | Available |