Rare and Curious Gift A Novel

Name: Rare and Curious Gift A Novel
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ISBN: 9780393327472

ISBN-10: 0393327477

ISBN-13: 9780393327472

Edition: N/A

Authors: Pauline Holdstock

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"Holdstock's vivid, unflinching tale doesn't sugarcoat the casual brutality of the period, and is punctuated by startling moments of beauty."Publishers Weekly Loosely based on the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, A Rare and Curious Gift tells the story of Sofonisba, a brilliant painter gradually taking over her father's studio. Determined to avoid the depredations of men, she is fighting her own intensely erotic attraction to Matteo Tassisculptor, goldsmith, notorious and irresistible rogue. Then a young female slave, her skin strangely mottled by nature, enters their lives and those of their friends. The fascination of these artists and scientists with the exotic creature in their…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.034