Sirens & Muses A Novel
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verkaufsrang
10960
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
11.07.2023
Verlag
Random House LLC USSeitenzahl
384
Maße (L/B/H)
20,2/13,1/2,3 cm
Gewicht
284 g
Farbe
Messing / Mokka
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-593-49645-9
Four artists are drawn into a web of rivalry and desire at an elite art school and on the streets of New York in this “gripping, provocative, and supremely entertaining” (BuzzFeed) debut
National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree • “Captures the ache-inducing quality of art and desire . . . a deeply relatable and profoundly enjoyable read, one drenched in prismatic color and light.”—Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of With Teeth
FINALIST FOR THE MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Glamour, PopSugar, Debutiful
It’s 2011: America is in a deep recession and Occupy Wall Street is escalating. But at the elite Wrynn College of Art, students paint and sculpt in a rarefied bubble. Louisa Arceneaux is a thoughtful, observant nineteen-year-old when she transfers to Wrynn as a scholarship student, but she soon finds herself adrift in an environment that prizes novelty over beauty. Complicating matters is Louisa’s unexpected attraction to her charismatic roommate, Karina Piontek, the preternaturally gifted but mercurial daughter of wealthy art collectors. Gradually, Louisa and Karina are drawn into an intense sensual and artistic relationship, one that forces them to confront their deepest desires and fears. But Karina also can’t shake her fascination with Preston Utley, a senior and anti-capitalist Internet provocateur, who is publicly feuding with visiting professor and political painter Robert Berger—a once-controversial figurehead seeking to regain relevance.
When Preston concocts an explosive hoax, the fates of all four artists are upended as each is unexpectedly thrust into the cutthroat New York art world. Now all must struggle to find new identities in art, in society, and among each other. In the process, they must find either their most authentic terms of life—of success, failure, and joy—or risk losing themselves altogether.
With a canny, critical eye, Sirens & Muses overturns notions of class, money, art, youth, and a generation’s fight to own their future.
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Stunning.
This book left me speechless. It's been like a week and I'm honestly still struggling to put it into words. The four narrators time orbiting each other, their connections and history, but also their different perspectives, were so interesting to read about. The relationship between Louisa and Karina is fast and messy. As the driving force of the story it cuts deep. And while I definitely came here for the lesbians, Roberts second story-arc was also something that stuck with me, which I didn't really see coming. (Middle-aged white men usually just aren't that interesting, sorry.) Antonia Angress really manages to disect the fragile space between art and emotion, while also forcing you to confront the uncomfortable realities of being an artist. I'm definitely gonna be thinking about this book for a long time. It's a top 5 read of the year for me, for sure.
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