{"product_id":"portrait-of-an-unknown-lady-maria-gainza","title":"Portrait of an Unknown Lady: Maria Gainza","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this dazzling story of art and illusion, secrets and schemes, who is to be trusted - and what is real?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOptic Nerve \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eTLS \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer who feels immediately important' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a hotel in Buenos Aires, a woman checks in under a pseudonym. She wears a black fur shawl and has no luggage. She is alone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the coming days and nights, she tells a story, which begins with a secret shared in a local bath house, revealing art forgery and fraud on a dazzling scale. At its heart is an enigmatic genius who for years forged portraits of the city's elite, before disappearing without trace. It is a story of influence and intrigue, in which nothing is as it seems. We're not to expect 'names, numbers or dates', she cautions, but a more subtle kind of reckoning... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in a mordant, irresistible voice and full of sharp surprises, \u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Unknown Lady\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating enquiry into what we mean by 'authenticity', in life as in art. At once poised and capricious, elegant and bold, it is a thrilling exploration of the relationships between what is lived, what is told, what is remembered, and what is real. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781787303249\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47917155123377,"sku":"SB-1787303241-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1787303241.jpg?v=1789616775","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/portrait-of-an-unknown-lady-maria-gainza","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}