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A Nearly Perfect Copy
0Authors : Allison Amend
ISBN10 : 0385536690 ISBN13 : 9780385536691
Genres : Fiction,Art,Cultural,France,Literary Fiction,Relationships,Family,Novels,Literature,New York
Language: English
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published April 9th 2013 by Nan A. Talese
Description
Richly drawn and sharply observed,
is a smart, funny, and affecting novel of family and forgery that brilliantly conjures the rarified international art world.
Elmira Howells has a loving family and a distinguished career at an elite Manhattan auction house. But after a tragi......more
Richly drawn and sharply observed,
is a smart, funny, and affecting novel of family and forgery that brilliantly conjures the rarified international art world.
Elmira Howells has a loving family and a distinguished career at an elite Manhattan auction house. But after a tragic loss throws her into emotional crisis, she pursues a reckless course of action that jeopardizes her personal and professional success. Meanwhile, talented artist Gabriel Connois wearies of remaining at the margins of the capricious Parisian art scene. Desperate for recognition, he embarks on a scheme that threatens everything he’s worked for. As these narratives converge, with disastrous consequences,
boldly challenges our presumptions about originality and authenticity, loss and replacement, and the perilous pursuit of perfection.(less)
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About the author(Allison Amend)
Allison Amend was born in Chicago on a day when the Cubs beat the Mets 2-0. She attended Stanford University and holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. Her work has received awards from and appeared in One Story, Black Warrior Review, StoryQuarterly, Bellevue Literary Review, the......more
Allison Amend was born in Chicago on a day when the Cubs beat the Mets 2-0. She attended Stanford University and holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. Her work has received awards from and appeared in One Story, Black Warrior Review, StoryQuarterly, Bellevue Literary Review, the Atlantic Monthly, Prairie Schooner and Other Voices, among other publications. Her debut short story collection, Things That Pass for Love, was published in October 2008 by OV Books. Visit her on the web at
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Allison Amend was born in Chicago on a day when the Cubs beat the Mets 2-0. She attended Stanford University and holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. Her work has received awards from and appeared in One Story, Black Warrior Review, StoryQuarterly, Bellevue Literary Review, the Atlantic Monthly, Prairie Schooner and Other Voices, among other publications. Her debut short story collection, Things That Pass for Love, was published in October 2008 by OV Books. Visit her on the web at
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