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Portrait Of An Unknown Lady (La Luz Negra)
Maria Gainza, Thomas Bunstead (translation)From the internationally acclaimed author of Optic Nerve, a New York Times Notable Book 2019
'A writer who feels immediately important' — Observer
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At a hotel in Buenos Aires, a woman checks in under a pseudonym. She wears a black fur shawl & has no luggage. She is alone. Over the coming days & 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 & 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 & full of sharp surprises, Portrait of an Unknown Lady is a captivating enquiry into what we mean by 'authenticity', in life as in art. At once poised and capricious, elegant and bold, it is a thrilling exploration of the relationships between what is lived, what is told, what is remembered, & what is real.
Translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead.
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Maria Gainza was born in Buenos Aires, where she still resides. She has worked as a correspondent for the New York Times in Argentina, as well as for ARTnews, & has contributed to Artforum, The Buenos Aires Review, & Radar, the cultural supplement from Página/12.
Her debut novel, Optic Nerve, translated by Thomas Bunstead, was shortlisted for the 2020 LA Times Art Seidenbaum award for First Fiction, a finalist in the 2020 National Translation awards, & a New York Times ‘Notable Book’ of 2019.
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