Optic Nerve
- 208pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
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 Libri
María Gainza è un'autrice argentina la cui scrittura approfondisce l'intricato rapporto tra arte ed esperienza umana. La sua opera, lodata per la sua acuta analisi e lo stile poetico, esplora come l'arte visiva plasmi la nostra percezione del mondo e di noi stessi. Gainza intreccia abilmente storia, memoria e identità all'interno delle creazioni artistiche, offrendo ai lettori nuove prospettive sul mondo dell'arte. Il suo acclamato debutto nella narrativa segna un ingresso avvincente nelle sue esplorazioni letterarie.
"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
