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Girl Reading by Ward, Katie

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Condition
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9781451657326
Book Title
Girl Reading : a Novel
Item Length
8in
Publisher
Scribner
Publication Year
2013
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1in
Author
Katie Ward
Genre
Art, Fiction
Topic
General, Literary, History / General
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
10.7 Oz
Number of Pages
368 Pages

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This stunningly original, kaleidoscopic novel is an inspired celebration of women reading and the artists who have caught them in the act--"a vivid portrait of a timeless subject" ( Minneapolis Star Tribune ). A young orphan poses for a Renaissance maestro in medieval Siena. A servant girl in seventeenth-century Amsterdam snatches a moment away from her work to lose herself in tales of knights and battles. An eighteenth-century female painter completes a portrait of a deceased poetess for her lover. A Victorian medium poses with a book in one of the first photographic studios. A girl suffering her first heartbreak witnesses intellectual and sexual awakening during the Great War. A young woman reading in a bar catches the eye of a young man who takes her picture. And in the not-so-distant future a woman navigates a cyber-reality that has radically altered the way people experience art and life. Each chapter of Katie Ward's novel immerses readers into the intimate tales behind the creation of seven portraits by artists, ranging from Simone Martini to Pieter Janssens Elinga to a Flickr photographer. In gorgeous prose, Ward explores our points of connection, our relationship to art, the history of women, and the importance of reading. Dazzlingly inventive, this is "a fascinating testament to the universal themes of art and literature and the spirit of femininity" ( BookPage ).

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1451657323
ISBN-13
9781451657326
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117214933

Product Key Features

Book Title
Girl Reading : a Novel
Author
Katie Ward
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary, History / General
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Art, Fiction
Number of Pages
368 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
10.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Reviews
Book of the Week: "Katie Ward's assured debut is inspired by that mysterious and provocative subject of a thousand visual images: a woman reading . . . In each chapter Ward twists a story around real works of art. Her seven unpredictable tales serve up a lively, irreverent and even feminist journey through history. - Time Out (London), Book of the Week: "This isn't a novel it's a time machine! Well, nearly. As each chapter transports you to a completely different century, you'll find yourself wondering if Ward has her very own Tardis … I guarantee the stories will relate to your own life in some way if you're planning to pack any holiday books this year, make sure Girl Reading is one of them." - Cosmopolitan (UK), "Girl Reading is a debut of rare individuality and distinction. Katie Ward inhabits each of her seven scenes, her seven eras, with a fluent and intuitive touch, and sentence by sentence, deft and mercurial, she surpasses the readers' expectations. What is set down on the page has a rich and allusive hinterland, so that the reader's imagination has a space to work, and what is unsaid has its own fascination. The writing is full of light and shadow, alive with fresh and startling perceptions." Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall, "Ambitious in range and technically impressive...[ Girl Reading] is undoubtedly the work of a writer to watch." -- Kirkus
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