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The Dissident
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
From the award-winning author of Lucky Girls comes an intricately woven novel about secrets, love, art, identity and the shining chaos of everyday American life. Yuan Zho, a celebrated Chinese performance artist and political dissident, has accepted a one year’s artist’s residency in Los Angeles. He is to be a Visiting Scholar at the St Anselm’s School for Girls, teaching...
Details
432 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
‘Freudenberger is most certainly the genuine article.’ Guardian
‘Freudenberger’s novel unfolds into that rare thing, a work of poetics itself, a medication in art. The fact that she does it with such wit and compassion, such generosity of mind and heart, is miraculous.’ The Times
‘A fiercely intelligent first novel . . . Lots of sharp, funny dialogue, it has something of a Lost in Translation feel.’ Eve Magazine
‘Written in prose as clear as birdsong, the novel grips from first to last.’ Scotland on Sunday