I Am You: A Sunday Times Book of the Month - Couverture rigide

Redel, Victoria

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1918107009 ISBN 13 : 9781918107005

Editeur : Firefinch Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

"Spellbinding, wonderfully atmospheric, and impossible to forget" Sarah Jessica Parker

"With echoes of Yael van der Wouden’s The Safekeep, I am You is earthy and fleshy and pulsates with suppressed emotions of rage, envy and desire." Elizabeth Fremantle

At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel family. When their daughter Maria sees through Gerta’s ruse, she insists Gerta accompany her to Amsterdam and help her enter the elite, male-dominated art world.

While Maria rises in the ranks of society as a painting prodigy, Gerta makes herself invaluable in every way: confidante, muse, lover. But as Gerta steps into her own talents, their relationship fractures into a complex web of obsession and rivalry, until the secrets they keep threaten to unravel everything.

A mesmerising historical novel, I Am You is a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and an unforgettable love story that reimagines the life of renowned painter Maria van Oosterwijck during the Dutch Golden Age.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Victoria Redel is a first-generation American poet and novelist. Her work has been widely anthologized, awarded, and translated in ten languages. Her debut novel, Loverboy (2001) was adapted for feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. Redel’s short stories, poetry and essays have appeared in Granta, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Bomb, One Story, Salmagundi, O and NOON. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center. Victoria is a professor in the graduate and undergraduate Creative Writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Critically acclaimed on publication in the US, I Am You is a sensuous and vivid story of love, art and identity, set in Golden Age Amsterdam.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Firefinch Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1918107009
• ISBN 13: 9781918107005
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas