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In this sensual, intimate novel, prizewinning poet and bestselling author Elizabeth Rosner tells the engrossing and timely story of an artist and his model, and the moral and political implications of their relationship.
Ballantine
May 2006
224 pages
ISBN: 0345442229
Hardcover
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Literature and Fiction | Fiction
Born in the shadow of postwar Germany, Danzig is a
once-prominent painter who now teaches at an art institute
in San Francisco. But while Danzig shares wisdom and
technique with students, his own canvases remain
mysteriously empty. When a compelling new model named Merav
poses for his class, Danzig, unsettled by her beauty, senses
that she may be the muse he has been waiting for. The Israeli-born granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor,
Merav is a former art student who discovered her abilities
as a model while studying in Tel Aviv. To escape the danger
and violence of the Middle East, she moved to California,
where she found work posing for artists around the Bay Area.
Now challenged by Danzig�s German accent and the menace it
suggests, Merav must decide how to overcome her fears.
Before they can create anything new together, both artist
and model are forced to examine the history they carry. Like a paintbrush in motion, Blue Nude moves back and forth
through time, recounting the events that have brought Danzig
and Merav together: their disparate upbringings, their
creative awakenings, and their similarly painful, often
catastrophic, love lives. The novel ultimately unites them
in the present and, through the transcendent power of
artistic expression, moves them forward to the point of
reconciliation, redemption, and revival. Using words to paint the landscapes of body and soul,
Elizabeth Rosner conveys the art of survival, the complexity
of history, the form of exile, the shape of desire, and the
color of intimacy. Blue Nude is the narrative equivalent of
a masterpiece of fine art.
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