The biographer's lover /
Murray, Ruby J.,
The biographer's lover / Ruby J. Murray. - Carlton, Vic. : Black Inc., [2018] - 282 pages ; 24 cm.
Why has no one heard of Edna Cranmer? When a young writer is hired to put together the life of an unknown artist from Geelong, of all places, she thinks it will be just another quick commission paid for by a rich, grieving family obsessed with their own past. But Edna Cranmer was not a privileged housewife with a paintbrush. Edna's work spans decades. Her soaring images of red dirt, close interiors and distant jungles have the potential to change the way the nation views itself. Edna could have been an official war artist. Did she choose to hide herself away? Or were there people who didn't want her to be famous? As the biographer is pulled into Edna's life, she is confronted with the fact that how she tells Edna's past will affect her own future. This elegant and engrossing novel explores how we value and celebrate art and artists' lives. The Biographer's Lover reminds us that all memory is an act of curation.
9781863959421
Novel--English--Australia--21st century--Texts.
Novel--English--Australia--21st century--Texts.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Women painters--Victoria--Geelong--Fiction.
Australian fiction--21st century.
Painters--Fiction.
Women biographers--Fiction.
Women painters--Fiction.
Biographers--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australian fiction.
Biographers.
Painters.
Geelong (Vic.)--Fiction.
Australian
Australian stories
Australian fiction
Australian fiction
Australian fiction
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Australian fiction
Australian fiction
823.4
The biographer's lover / Ruby J. Murray. - Carlton, Vic. : Black Inc., [2018] - 282 pages ; 24 cm.
Why has no one heard of Edna Cranmer? When a young writer is hired to put together the life of an unknown artist from Geelong, of all places, she thinks it will be just another quick commission paid for by a rich, grieving family obsessed with their own past. But Edna Cranmer was not a privileged housewife with a paintbrush. Edna's work spans decades. Her soaring images of red dirt, close interiors and distant jungles have the potential to change the way the nation views itself. Edna could have been an official war artist. Did she choose to hide herself away? Or were there people who didn't want her to be famous? As the biographer is pulled into Edna's life, she is confronted with the fact that how she tells Edna's past will affect her own future. This elegant and engrossing novel explores how we value and celebrate art and artists' lives. The Biographer's Lover reminds us that all memory is an act of curation.
9781863959421
Novel--English--Australia--21st century--Texts.
Novel--English--Australia--21st century--Texts.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Women painters--Victoria--Geelong--Fiction.
Australian fiction--21st century.
Painters--Fiction.
Women biographers--Fiction.
Women painters--Fiction.
Biographers--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Australian fiction.
Biographers.
Painters.
Geelong (Vic.)--Fiction.
Australian
Australian stories
Australian fiction
Australian fiction
Australian fiction
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Australian fiction
Australian fiction
823.4
