#artistic-ambition

[ follow ]
#literary-fiction #unreliable-narrator #lesbian-relationships #1970s #family-drama #parent-child-relationships
Books
fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

Move over, Mr. Ripley. 'I Am Agatha' is a delightfully duplicitous debut

Agatha Smithson is an unreliable narrator exploring themes of artistic ambition and love between women in their 60s.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

If you loved 'Sentimental Value,' here's what to watch next

Stellan Skarsgard stars in a Joachim Trier film about a filmmaker reconnecting with estranged daughters, exploring the tension between artistic pursuits and personal relationships, earning nine Academy Award nominations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Female, Nude by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett review a seductive drama of art and rivalry

It is the summer of 2019, and Sophie Evans, the reckless protagonist of Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett's unsettling second novel, has arrived on an idyllic island in the Cyclades with her university friends Helena, Iris and Alessia to celebrate Helena's forthcoming marriage. Helena doesn't want it called her hen Like we're dumpy little featherbrains going cluck, cluck, cluck, but all the same, the men including Sophie's curator boyfriend of six years, Greg will not arrive for another five days.
Books
[ Load more ]