Xochitl Gonzalez

Broschiertes Buch

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

Beschreibung

THE REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK FOR MARCH 2024

'I have goosebumps just talking about this story' REESE WITHERSPOON
'Smart, funny - and furious' MARIE CLAIRE
'Genre-busting ... A clear-eyed deconstruction of skewed value systems' FINANCIAL TIMES

It's 1985 and Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City. Thirteen years later, art history student Raquel is preparing her final thesis, feeling the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities as the wealthy students around her. Anita's name - and the mysterious circumstances around her death - has all but faded from view.

When Raquel becomes romantically involved with a well-connected older student, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ranks. But then she stumbles upon Anita's story, and is struck not only by the question of who gets to leave a legacy, but by how her own relationship eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist . . .

_ A NEW YORK TIMES, ELLE AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING HIGHLIGHT FOR 2024 _

Autor

Xochitl Gonzalez

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing / Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 887454
• Seitenzahl: 341
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 132mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9781526676290
• ISBN-10: 152667629X
• Artikelnr.: 71624955

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Set across dual timelines in which both so much and so little has changed, this is a smart, funny – and furious – shout out to agency, ownership and the female creative spirit in the face of art world hierarchies, hypocrisies and –isms

"The novel is the best, most elusive combination: a thought-provoking and a brilliantly entertaining triumph." -NPR

"Anita de Monte Laughs Last is a cry for justice. Writing with urgency and rage, Gonzalez speaks up for those who have been othered and deemed unworthy, robbed of their legacy." -The Washington Post

"Admirers of Xochitl Gonzalez's debut, Olga Dies Dreaming, will be pleased to encounter in Gonzalez's follow-up novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, not one but two protagonists who echo the titular Olga's best qualities. Like Olga, they are Latina women of vision and will, who emphatically refuse to be put in a corner." -New York Times Book Review

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"Unflinching and thought-provoking." -People

"This rollicking page-turner from the bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming includes of-the-moment commentary about who succeeds and why." -Real Simple

"Incandescent." Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The writing is absolutely fabulous, the story is gripping, and the characters are memorable. Outstanding." Library Journal (starred review)

"Gonzalez's sophomore outing deserves a mouse on her doorstep in gratitude... This is a brutal but ultimately heartwarming and certainly thought-provoking novel of Latinx magic, family, and feminine power." -Booklist (starred review)

"Part campus novel, part ghost story, Xochitl Gonzalez's second novel fearlessly takes on racism and misogyny in the rarefied world of fine art and art history... Anita de Monte Laughs Last boldly questions the choices behind what we are taught and demands that the complete story be disclosed." -BookPage (starred review)

"Gonzalez has that particular penchant for navigating perspectives in a voice that's at once delightfully humorous and sobering." -Elle

"An uncompromising message, delivered via a gripping story with two engaging heroines." -Kirkus (starred review)

"Gonzalez's newest novel is a dynamic exploration of love, art, and power." -LitHub

"A new captivating novel that explores othering, erasure, power, and legacy through the lens of two women of color navigating the art scene years apart." -TODAY.com

"Gonzalez crafts excoriating and whip-smart commentary on the art world's Eurocentric conceptions of beauty and the racism faced by first-generation students of color. This is incandescent." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Funny, piercing, and full of moxie, Anita de Monte Laughs Last is unsparing in its assessment of what goes on behind the castle walls, the price people pay to be accepted into those hallowed halls, and what it takes to liberate oneself from the dangers that lurk within. Really, what Xochitl Gonzalez has written is an affirmation for anyone who's ever had to 'work twice as hard to get half as much.' Anita de Monte Laughs Last is rollicking, melodic, tender, and true. And oh so very wise." -Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets, a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction

"Bravo! A remarkable story about reclaiming what has been erased. Reader, enjoy!" -Ana Castillo, author of So Far From God