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Paris red a novel

"At seventeen, Victorine Meurent abandons her old life to become immersed in the Parisian society of dance halls and cafés, meeting writers and artists like Baudelaire and Alfred Stevens. As Manet's model, Victorine explores a world of new possibilities and stirs the artist to push the bo...

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Main Author: Gibbon, Maureen (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Meurent, Victorine > Fiction.
Manet, Édouard, > 1832-1883 > Fiction.
Painters > France > Paris > Fiction.
Artists' models > Fiction.
Paris (France) > History > 1848-1870 > Fiction.
Biographical fiction > France
Historical fiction > France
Summary: "At seventeen, Victorine Meurent abandons her old life to become immersed in the Parisian society of dance halls and cafés, meeting writers and artists like Baudelaire and Alfred Stevens. As Manet's model, Victorine explores a world of new possibilities and stirs the artist to push the boundaries of painting in his infamous portrait Olympia, which scandalizes even the most cosmopolitan city"--Dust jacket flap.
Physical Description: 282 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780393244465 (hbk.)
0393244466 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Maureen Gibbon is the author of Paris Red, Thief, and Swimming Sweet Arrow. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the New York Times, Literary Hub, Playboy, and other publications. Gibbon resides in northern Minnesota.

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