Venus, Vanishing
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Venus, Vanishing
The world of 1930's Berlin becomes a lethal game of survival for two women consumed by desire and art, in a debut perfect for readers of Yael Van Der Wouden and Sarah Waters.
The world of 1930's Berlin becomes a lethal game of survival for two women consumed by desire and art, in a debut perfect for readers of Yael Van Der Wouden and Sarah Waters.
Venus, Vanishing is the blisteringly passionate and page-turning debut novel from Rebecca Birrell, exploring desire, art, and the stories lost to the darkness of history. It is perfect for readers of Sarah Waters, Yael van der Wouden, and Alice Winn.
Berlin, 1928. Hannah is new to the pleasures and freedoms of the city. An artist, a runaway, she is building a new life, loving without boundaries and sketching with a cutting edge.
But the party is ending. Hannah begins a recklessly consuming affair with a powerful man's wife, and it soon threatens to do more than ruin both of their reputations. People are disappearing, and the shadows of something unspeakable are growing darker. Her art could be the thing that secures her survivalโor will it deny her any chance of escape?
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035085774
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 July 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Rebecca Birrell is a Research Affiliate at The Fitzwilliam Museum and a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of St Andrews. Her first book, This Dark Country: Women Artists, Still Life and Intimacy in the Early 20th Century was awarded an Antonia Frazer Award for a Biography in Progress by the Society of Authors, and was chosen as a Guardian/Observer Art Book of the Year. Venus, Vanishing is her first novel.
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