The Sitter

Name: The Sitter
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SKU: 9780702266348
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Longlisted for the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award

By Angela O'Keeffe

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The Sitter by Angela O'Keeffe is a compelling exploration of identity and self-discovery. The narrative follows a woman's introspective journey as she immerses herself in the world of a renowned artist whose portrait she poses for. Through this experience, she uncovers hidden truths about herself and the complexities of her own life, all captured against the backdrop of art and creativity.
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You might enjoy this book if you're captivated by storytelling that intertwines personal reflection with artistic exploration. Angela O'Keeffe crafts a narrative that delves into themes of identity, memory, and the profound impacts of art on individual lives, offering a thought-provoking and immersive reading experience.

A highly original work narrated by Hortense Cezanne, the wife of the celebrated artist, as she witnesses an author writing a book about her life.

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A highly original work narrated by Hortense, the wife of Paul Cezanne, who is watching a novelist write a book about her life.

Paris, 2020. A writer is confined to her hotel room during the early days of the pandemic, struggling to finish a novel about Hortense Cezanne, wife and sometime muse of the famous painter. Dead for more than a century, Hortense has been reawakened by this creative endeavour, and now shadows the writer through the locked-down city. But Hortense, always subject to the gaze of others, is increasingly intrigued by the woman before her. Who is she and what event hides in her past?

Heartbreaking and perfectly formed, The Sitter explores the tension between artist and subject, and between the stories told about us and the stories we choose to tell.

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Angela O'Keeffe's The Sitter is praised for its elegant and meditative storytelling, weaving reality and unreality with a captivating ease. The novel's narrative, which involves two women deeply engaging with each other's stories, is both deft and tender. It explores themes of visibility, existence, and art through a unique perspective by bringing Paul Cezanne's wife, Hortense, to life, merging historical and contemporary elements seamlessly into an enthralling narrative.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780702266348

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: University of Queensland Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 176g

Pages: 200

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Angela O'Keeffe Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Angela O'Keeffe grew up with nine siblings on a farm in the Lockyer Valley, Queensland. She completed a Master of Arts in Writing at UTS, and her first novel, Night Blue, was shortlisted for the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards. She was awarded the 2023 Varuna Eleanor Dark Fellowship.