Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza, translated form the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead. A quirky art aficionado, inspired by tales from her eccentric art appraiser friend and mentor, investigates the life of a mysterious art forger, who copied the works of a legendary painter. As the story unfolds, the measure of desire and the texture of the ineffable is revealed through the lives of these four exceptional women. Magical realism without any magic, the book is lyrical and poetical in its celebration of both the sublime and mundane.
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