Portrait of an Unknown Lady

Maria Gainza

Portrait of an Unknown Lady
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Published
3 March 2022
Pages
208
ISBN
9781787303249

Portrait of an Unknown Lady

Maria Gainza

Set in Buenos Aires of the ‘60s and present day, this is a glittering novel full of intrigue and glamour. It celebrates three magnetic women and their influence in a bohemian underworld of art forgery, European emigrés, and once-grand hotels.

At the heart of the book is the enigmatic Renée, artist-savant and the best forger in town, who becomes the preoccupation, even obsession, of the book’s young narrator, after the death of her own mentor, Enriqueta.

Told as a kind of homage, through memories, interviews, and even an auction catalogue, Portrait of an Unknown Lady is a mordant, playful novel about influence, authenticity, value, and what we really know of one another.

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