The Blazing World: A Novel

"If you’re a fan of intelligent, complex and gorgeously written fiction (the sort that Iris Murdoch wrote), you won’t want to miss this tale of artist Harriet Burden, who — tired of having her work ignored or belittled by critics — asks three men to show her pieces as their own. Written as a collection of texts from and interviews of a wide cast of characters, including critics, family members and Harriet herself (we read her journals), this novel offers much food for thought and sentence after sentence that you’ll want to savor."