
The Blazing World
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Patricia Rodriguez
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Eric Meyers
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De:
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Siri Hustvedt
With The Blazing World, internationally bestselling author Siri Hustvedt returns to the New York art world in her most masterful and urgent novel since What I Loved. Hustvedt, who has long been celebrated for her “beguiling, lyrical prose” (The Sunday Times Books, London), tells the provocative story of the artist Harriet Burden. After years of watching her work ignored or dismissed by critics, Burden conducts an experiment she calls Maskings: She presents her own art behind three male masks, concealing her female identity.
The three solo shows are successful, but when Burden finally steps forward triumphantly to reveal herself as the artist behind the exhibitions, there are critics who doubt her. The public scandal turns on the final exhibition, initially shown as the work of acclaimed artist Rune, who denies Burden’s role in its creation. What no one doubts, however, is that the two artists were intensely involved with each other. As Burden’s journals reveal, she and Rune found themselves locked in a charged and dangerous game that ended with the man’s bizarre death.
Ingeniously presented as a collection of texts compiled after Burden’s death, The Blazing World unfolds from multiple perspectives. The exuberant Burden speaks—in all her joy and fury—through extracts from her own notebooks, while critics, fans, family members, and others offer their own conflicting opinions of who she was, and where the truth lies.
From one of the most ambitious and internationally renowned writers of her generation, The Blazing World is a polyphonic tour de force. An intricately conceived, diabolical puzzle, it explores the deceptive powers of prejudice, money, fame, and desire. Emotionally intense, intellectually rigorous, ironic, and playful, Hustvedt’s new novel is a bold, rich masterpiece, one that will be remembered for years to come.
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If you could sum up The Blazing World in three words, what would they be?
A story that went right under the skin, intricately crafted, psychologically compellingWhat was one of the most memorable moments of The Blazing World?
The ending of the book was deeply moving, it is still with meHave you listened to any of Patricia Rodriguez and Eric Meyers ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I don't think I have heard these two performers before, they were both masterful at setting down the various characters in a believable manner, allowing the listener to experience these different internal worlds in a very authentic mannerIf you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
I don't think the subtleties of the character's inner worlds would be translatable into a movie, so please don't!Any additional comments?
I highly recommend this compelling and challenging novel with its complicated female hero who is struggling with the times she lives in as woman and artist, and the discrepancies of her inner and outer life. I especially appreciate that the darker aspects of the main characters are not hidden and that we as listeners/readers are pulled into these sometimes almost unbearable struggles. Something I sometimes was reluctant to do, but which the novel compelled me to, moving me often to existential ponderings.An surprising, amazing and inspiring book
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Pure joy to read and interesting ideas
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No real storyline that ties everything together
confusing plot
Difficult read
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Any additional comments?
Will return with a full review when I'm done, but for now: the mispronunciations are KILLING me! I understand that the names Bakhtin and Benjamin (with the German j) are perhaps obscure. But "soldered" should be easy!Narration is hurting my heart
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I recommend this great read!
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i have a very soft spot in my heart for books that invoke in me extreme emotions. this book did that. enter -- soft spot.
but seriously. i think that Harriet "Harry" Burden was fantastic. the chapters narrated by her were just the pinnacle of perfection. this novel is a moving and interesting portrait of an extremely unique and obscure artist. the rest of the cast of characters narrating the other portions, some boring and annoying, some riveting and empathetic, made this a well rounded story.
it's definitely not the type of novel for everyone, but it was for me.
not for everyone, but definitely interesting
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Narrated brilliant.
Divine Insanity
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Much to think about.
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Original, imaginative, beautiful
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Would you try another book from Siri Hustvedt and/or Patricia Rodriguez and Eric Meyers ?
I wasn't able to listen to this book because of the narrator. Listen to the audio sample before you buy!Narrator Problem
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