Siri Hustvedt

Addressing Sexism in NY's Art World in the Novel The Blazing World

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 4, 2014

Siri Hustvedt talks about her new novel, The Blazing World, which has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It tells the provocative story of artist Harriet Burden, who, after years of having her work ignored, recruits three young men to present her work as their own, setting off a scandal in the art world.

The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
(Simon & Schuster/Courtesy of the publisher)

 

 

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