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Optic Nerve (Paperback)
Maria Gainza; Translated by Thomas Bunstead
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In this dazzling story of art and illusion, secrets and schemes,
who is to be trusted - and what is real? From the internationally
acclaimed author of Optic Nerve *A TLS Book of the Year* 'A writer
who feels immediately important' Observer 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. 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, and what is real. Translated from the Spanish by Thomas
Bunstead
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