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The Blindfold: The dark, mesmerising debut from one of the greatest writers of our time
Siri Hustvedt
Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
The dazzling debut of Siri Hustvedt, author of the international bestseller WHAT I LOVED.
Iris Vegan, a graduate student living alone and impoverished in New York, encounters four strong characters who fascinate and in different ways subordinate her: an inscrutable urban recluse who employs her to record the possessions of a murdered woman; a photographer whose eerie portrait of Iris takes on a life of its own; an old woman in hospital who tries to claim a remnant of the ailing Iris; and a professor she has an affair with. An exploration of female identity in an age when the old definitions - as some man's daughter/wife/mother - no longer apply, fuelled with eroticism and a sense of menace.
(P)2013 Hodder & Stoughton
Praise for The Blindfold: The dark, mesmerising debut from one of the greatest writers of our time
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Gripping...A complex exploration of the nature of the self, executed in polished and immediate prose - The Times
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It has vivid and compelling characters; it is scary, sinister and readable ... a very smart novel - Independent
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Brilliant...A dark, mesmerising debut - Independent on Sunday
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'Hustvedt has pulled off nothing less than a re-mapping of the modern feminist psyche...The quality and spareness of her prose, the intensity of her imagination, are at work on one of the most macabre terrains of the 20th century - New York' - Daily Telegraph
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A harsh, dark, dangerous piece of prose...Sharply readable, quirky and entertaining in its witty observation of student and city life, but the whole resonates with shocking force - Vogue
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A work of dizzying intensity ... an intriguing and sure-handed debut by a writer of eloquent and vivid disposition - Don DeLillo
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'Sexy without being steamy, intelligent without being complicated' - New Statesman
Siri Hustvedt
Siri Hustvedt is the author of seven novels, five collections of essays, a poetry collection and a memoir. Her books have been listed for major prizes, including the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize and the PEN America Literary Award. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and has been awarded honorary PhDs from Johannes Gutenberg University, Stendhal University and the University of Oslo. She is a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and has written on art for the New York Times and the Daily Telegraph. Born in Minnesota, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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