Art on Fire
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.60 (603 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1612940315 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Credible Fiction: The Intriguing Life and Career of Francesca de Silva" according to Grady Harp. Hilary Sloin has struck gold with this extraordinarily readable quasi biography that succeeds on so many levels - many of which are unique to the literary plate. Sloin has created a story about a girl, Francesca de Silva, who has struggled from early childhood with sibling rivalry (her mentally ill and intelligent wonder child sister Isabella writes poetry and has her work published at age 12!), with inconsequential and subjugating parenting, with a beautiful. "Satire on Simmer" according to Diacritical(re)Mark. Sloin's brilliant sendup of the 1980s art world and criticism, this fictional biography of Francesca de Silva fairly snaps and crackles with freshness, intelligence and wry humor. A story about family as much as it is a satire about art and politics in the 80s, Sloin's portrait of the New Haven, Jewish-ish De Silvas recall Allegra Goodman's Family Markowitz. Older sister Isabella with her tormented brilliance and fascination with dead heroines makes a rivetin. Merry said Read This Book.. Provocative? Yes. Dark? Yes. Witty? Yes. Artfully composed? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Molly Bloom says Yes and I say Yes too! Art on Fire is simply one of the best books I've read in a long, long time. It is obvious that Hilary Sloin has taken great delight in crafting her characters and the specific world in which they reside. At times I felt like I was experiencing a ventriloquist at her best, so in tune is Sloin with the rhythm and voices of her charges. Sh
It’s the superb craftsmanship of a master storyteller at work. Art on Fire has won the following awards:American Library Association Stonewall Book Award/Barbara Gittings Literature Award 2014Ben Franklin Book Award Silver Medal WinnerBywater Prize for FictionGolden Crown Literary AwardShelf Unbound Writing Competition for Best Indie Book FinalistForeWord Book of the Year Finalist"Let this one seep into your mind and work its magic on you. " Out in Print"Art on Fire is alive with passion, humor, and real truth." L
She breaks into the gloomy basement of a house, where she begins her life as a painter. Art on Fire is a darkly comic, pitch-perfect, and fearless satire on the very art of biography itself.Art on Fire is the latest winner of the Bywater Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the Heekin Foundation Award, the Dana Awards, and the Story Oaks Prize. It opens with Francesca's early life. Francesca flees to a ramshackle cabin in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, working weekends at the flea market. Art on Fire is the apparent biography of subversive painter Francesca deSilva, the founding foremother of "pseudorealism," who liv