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The blazing world, by siri hustvedt siri hustvedts latest uses fragmented documents to tell the story of an artist who chooses men to. Siri hustvedt was born february 19, 1955 in northfield,a small town in southern minnesota, to a norwegian mother, ester vegan hustvedt, and an american father, lloyd hustvedt. The blazing world by siri hustvedt to expose sexism, a female artist asks three men to be fronts for her work. Even by siri hustvedts extremely high standards, the blazing world is an extraordinary book. The blazing world never runs out of steam in dispensing ideas and peeling back layers of truth. Hustvedt, who has long been celebrated for her beguiling, lyrical prose the sunday times books, london, tells the provocative story of the artist harriet burden. Siri hustvedts the blindfold and what i loved uio duo. Mar 30, 2014 the blazing world, siri hustvedts sixth novel, plays on the same artworld gender bias as this protest campaign by a group called the guerrilla girls. Chicago tribune the blazing world is siri hustvedts best novel yet, an electrifying work with a titanic, poignantly flawed protagonist. From the author of the blazing world, a work of dizzying intensityeloquent and vivid don delillo, about a young midwestern woman who finds herself entangled in intense circumstancesphysical, cerebral, and existentialwhen she moves to new york city. The blazing world the free library of philadelphia.
It is also an intricately conceived, diabolical puzzle that addresses the shaping influences of prejudice, money, fame, and desire on what we see in one another. The novel begins with an editors note, which is part of the overall work and is not a. Even by siri hustvedt s extremely high standards, the blazing world is an extraordinary book. Siri hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, three collections of essays, a work of nonfiction, and six novels, including the international bestsellers what i loved and the summer without men. As in her previous masterpiece, what i loved 2003, hustvedt paints a scathing portrait of the art world, obsessed with money and the latest trend, but superb descriptions of harrys workinstallations expressing her turbulence and needinessremind us that the beauty and power of art transcend such trivialities. The blindfold 1992, the enchantment of lily dahl 1996, what i loved 2003, for which she is best known, a plea for eros 2006, the. Most of her early life was spent in northfield with her parents and three younger sisters, liv, asti the scholar and author of medical muses, and ingrid. Siri hustvedts mesmerizing novel, the blazing world, was longlisted for the 2014 man booker prize, and its easy to see why. A novel by siri hustvedt and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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