The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller A picture hides a thousand words ...On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggled to find her place in the city since she arrived from Trinidad five years ago, she has been offered a job as a typist under the tutelage of the glamorous and enigmatic Marjorie Quick. But though Quick takes Odelle into her confidence, and unlocks a potential she didn't know she had, she remains a mystery - no more so than when a lost masterpiece with a secret history is delivered to the gallery. The truth about the painting lies in 1936 and a large house in rural Spain, where Olive Schloss, the daughter of a renowned art dealer, is harbouring ambitions of her own. Into this fragile paradise come artist and revolutionary Isaac Robles and his half-sister Teresa, who immediately insinuate themselves into the Schloss family, with explosive and devastating consequences ...Seductive, exhilarating and suspenseful, The Muse is an unforgettable novel about aspiration and identity, love and obsession, authenticity and deception - a masterpiece from Jessie Burton, the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Pan Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781447250968
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 432
Tiempo de lectura:
8h 56m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 16/11/2016
Año de edición: 2016
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Jessie Burton
Jessie Burton (Londres, 1982) estudió en la Universidad de Oxford y en la Central School of Speech and Drama, y trabajó como actriz y secretaria de dirección antes de dedicarse a la literatura. La casa de las miniaturas (Salamandra, 2015), su ópera prima, vendió más de un millón de ejemplares el primer año de su publicación, se tradujo a treinta y seis idiomas y se adaptó como serie para la BBC One. Es autora también de las novelas La musa (Salamandra, 2017), The Confession y La casa de la fortuna (Salamandra, 2023) y de los libros infantiles The Restless Girls y Medusa. Burton, que escribe de manera regular en periódicos y revistas, reside en su ciudad natal.