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Si María Gainza ya es conocida para el lector español, lo es por el reciente éxito de su fascinante 'El nervio óptico' (Anagrama, 2017), pero en Argentina llevaba ya toda una vida de escritura de textos sobre arte, con ese estilo suyo tan singular, intrigante y poco académico. En este libro se reúnen más de treinta de sus preciosas piezas sobre artistas, inéditas hasta ahora en España. "Sus puntos de partida son exhibiciones, pero éstas se transforman de inmediato en algo más amplio: en un termómetro cultural. Es una de las lecciones ? acaso involuntarias?? de este libro: todas las obras conviven en un mismo momento, en un mismo horizonte, formando un gran mosaico de estéticas que se potencian incluso molestándose o ignorándose. Sin notas al pie, sin un pesado cúmulo de bibliografías que vengan a sostener un aparato crítico, agradecemos que aún existan quienes posean tal maestría en la elipsis." (Del prólogo de Rafael Cippolini)

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In this dazzling story of art and illusion, secrets and schemes, who is to be trusted - and what is real?From the internationally acclaimed author of Optic Nerve *A TLS Book of the Year*'A writer who feels immediately important' ObserverAt a hotel in Buenos Aires, a woman checks in under a pseudonym. She wears a black fur shawl and has no luggage. She is alone.Over the coming days and nights, she tells a story, which begins with a secret shared in a local bath house, revealing art forgery and fraud on a dazzling scale. At its heart is an enigmatic genius who for years forged portraits of the city's elite, before disappearing without trace. It is a story of influence and intrigue, in which nothing is as it seems. We're not to expect 'names, numbers or dates', she cautions, but a more subtle kind of reckoning...Told in a mordant, irresistible voice and full of sharp surprises, Portrait of an Unknown Lady is a captivating enquiry into what we mean by 'authenticity', in life as in art. At once poised and capricious, elegant and bold, it is a thrilling exploration of the relationships between what is lived, what is told, what is remembered, and what is real.Translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead

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