{"product_id":"book-ba6e","title":"The Blazing World","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A spectacularly good read...feminism in the tradition of Simone de Beauvoir’s \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e or Virginia Woolf’s \u003ci\u003eA Room of One’s Own\u003c\/i\u003e: richly complex, densely psychological, dazzlingly nuanced.” —\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Without Men\u003c\/i\u003e comes “an electrifying work” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) about the lengths one woman will go for artistic recognition amid the deceptive powers of prejudice, money, fame, and desire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter years of having her work ignored or dismissed by critics, artist Harriet Burden decides to conduct an experiment: she presents her own art behind three male masks, concealing her female identity. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYet when the shows succeed and Burden steps forward for her triumphant reveal, she is betrayed by the third man, Rune, who claims the work as his own. After critics side with him, Burden and Rune suddenly find themselves in a charged and dangerous game—one that ends in his bizarre death.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn intricately conceived, diabolical puzzle presented as a collection of texts, including Harriet’s journals assembled after her death, this “glorious mashup of storytelling and scholarship” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) unfolds from multiple perspectives as Harriet’s critics, fans, family, and others offer their own conflicting opinions of where the truth lies.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347749970224,"sku":"BDba6e","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ba6e-Square-cover.jpg?v=1774391232","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ba6e","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}