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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Girl Reading

Girl Reading

Ward, Katie

Paperback

Literary Fiction

ISBN10: 1451657323
ISBN13: 9781451657326
Publisher: Scribner Books Co
Published: Feb 12 2013
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.33 Depth: 8.01
Language: English
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).

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