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050	0	0	_aPS3558.U813 _bB53 2014
082	0	0	_aFIC HUS
100	1		_aHustvedt, Siri
245	1	4	_aThe blazing world _b: a novel _c/ Siri Hustvedt
250			_aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
260			_aNew York _b: Simon & Schuster _c, 2014
300			_a357 p. _c; 24 cm
520			_aWhen Professor Hess stumbles across an unusual letter to the editor in an art journal, he is surprised to have known so little about the brilliant and mysterious artist it describes, the late Harriet Burden. Intrigued by her story, and by the explosive scandal surrounding her legacy, he begins to interview those who knew her, hoping to separate fact from fiction, only to find himself tumbling down a rabbit's hole of personal and psychological intrigue. Before she died, Harriet had claimed credit for three shows of contemporary art that had been the biggest sensations of the previous decade, sending the critics into a tailspin, since no one had even thought to connect the three shows before. The sculptures and paintings, while all of unquestionable quality, would seem to have nothing in common, and of the three young male artists who presented the work, one has fled the country, another isn't talking to anyone, and the third appears to have committed suicide -- though not before denouncing Harriet to the world. So was Harriet Burden one of the greatest artists - -male or female -- in recent memory, having masterminded a puppet show of grand proportions, or was she a washed-up has-been looking for glory on others' coattails? As Hess seeks to solve the puzzle, he soon finds everyone has a different story to tell, and that nothing, and no one, is as it seems.
650			_aWomen artists _v--Fiction
650		0	_aTeachers _x--Fiction
650		4	_aDeath _v--Fiction
655		7	_aPsychological fiction
655		7	_aMystery fiction
942			_cMO
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