Optic Nerve
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An Argentinian woman obsessed with art conflates personal events from her life in Buenos Aires with fascinating episodes from art history, refracting her personality through the canvases she studies
Maria Gainza Boeken
María Gainza is een Argentijnse auteur wiens werk zich verdiept in de complexe relatie tussen kunst en menselijke ervaring. Haar werk, geprezen om zijn scherpe analyse en poëtische stijl, onderzoekt hoe beeldende kunst onze perceptie van de wereld en onszelf vormgeeft. Gainza verweeft vakkundig geschiedenis, herinnering en identiteit in artistieke creaties, en biedt lezers nieuwe perspectieven op de kunstwereld. Haar door critici geprezen fictiedebuut markeert een boeiende entree in haar literaire verkenningen.
"In the Buenos Aires art world, a master forger has achieved legendary status. Rumored to be a woman, she specializes in canvases by the painter Mariette Lydis, a portraitist of Argentinean 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.' "-- Amazon.com
