From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist comes a captivating and brilliantly realized story of two young women—a Caribbean immigrant in 1960s London, and a bohemian woman in 1930s Spain—and the powerful mystery that ties them together.
England, 1967. Odelle Bastien is a Caribbean émigré trying to make her way in London. When she starts working at the prestigious Skelton Institute of Art, she discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. The excitement over the painting is matched by the intrigue around the conflicting stories of its discovery. Drawn into a complex web of secrets and deceptions, Odelle does not know what to believe or who she can trust, including her mesmerizing colleague, Marjorie Quick.
Spain, 1936. Olive Schloss, the daughter of a Viennese Jewish art dealer and an English heiress, follows her parents to Arazuelo, a poor, restless village on the southern coast. She grows close to Teresa, a young housekeeper, and Teresa’s half-brother, Isaac Robles, an idealistic and ambitious painter newly returned from the Barcelona salons. A dilettante buoyed by the revolutionary fervor that will soon erupt into civil war, Isaac dreams of being a painter as famous as his countryman Picasso.
Raised in poverty, these illegitimate children of the local landowner revel in exploiting the wealthy Anglo-Austrians. Insinuating themselves into the Schloss family’s lives, Teresa and Isaac help Olive conceal her artistic talents with devastating consequences that will echo into the decades to come.
Rendered in exquisite detail, The Muse is a passionate and enthralling tale of desire, ambition, and the ways in which the tides of history inevitably shape and define our lives.
© 2016 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062472427
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 26 juli 2016
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist comes a captivating and brilliantly realized story of two young women—a Caribbean immigrant in 1960s London, and a bohemian woman in 1930s Spain—and the powerful mystery that ties them together.
England, 1967. Odelle Bastien is a Caribbean émigré trying to make her way in London. When she starts working at the prestigious Skelton Institute of Art, she discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. The excitement over the painting is matched by the intrigue around the conflicting stories of its discovery. Drawn into a complex web of secrets and deceptions, Odelle does not know what to believe or who she can trust, including her mesmerizing colleague, Marjorie Quick.
Spain, 1936. Olive Schloss, the daughter of a Viennese Jewish art dealer and an English heiress, follows her parents to Arazuelo, a poor, restless village on the southern coast. She grows close to Teresa, a young housekeeper, and Teresa’s half-brother, Isaac Robles, an idealistic and ambitious painter newly returned from the Barcelona salons. A dilettante buoyed by the revolutionary fervor that will soon erupt into civil war, Isaac dreams of being a painter as famous as his countryman Picasso.
Raised in poverty, these illegitimate children of the local landowner revel in exploiting the wealthy Anglo-Austrians. Insinuating themselves into the Schloss family’s lives, Teresa and Isaac help Olive conceal her artistic talents with devastating consequences that will echo into the decades to come.
Rendered in exquisite detail, The Muse is a passionate and enthralling tale of desire, ambition, and the ways in which the tides of history inevitably shape and define our lives.
© 2016 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062472427
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 26 juli 2016
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Mia
6 maj 2017
Wow, helt mållös över berättelsen, språket, karaktärerna och inläsningen. Mycket spännande historia med många bottnar. En av de bästa böckerna jag varit med om.
Elisabeth
30 aug. 2020
Boken är säker bra, men hade behövt läsa den för att kunna avsluta den. Nu måste jag sluta eftersom inläsare två slaktar texten. Hon kan alla språk och dialekter bra, men intonationen är hopplös, allting kan inte betonas. Det blir obegripligt. Tyvärr. Ser av recensionerna att det är en fascinerande bok.
N
20 apr. 2018
Magisk och alldeles mirakulöst bra bok. Så väl skriven att man tror man läser en biografi.
Johanna
14 mars 2020
Väldigt bra bok och fantastisk inläsning!
Beatriz
20 aug. 2021
Terrible accents and överacting destroyed the book!
Malin
7 aug. 2020
Spännande historia, kunde inte släppa den. Ena inläsaren (om Odile på 60-talet) är den bästa inläsaren jag hört!
A.
1 mars 2021
En speciell bok med många bottnar. Bahni Turpin är min favorit bland inläsare och det var därför jag valde att lyssna på boken. Den andra rösten var jag inte lika förtjust i.
I C
12 apr. 2020
En helt fantastisk berättelse och uppläsning av högsta kvalitet! Lyssna och njut!
Elisabeth
17 juni 2021
I’m speechless, just… amazing and wonderfully written. Gawd I wish this was based on a true story. Although who knows maybe it is somewhere in some way?
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