{"product_id":"venus-vanishing-9781035085774","title":"Venus, Vanishing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world of 1930s Berlin becomes a lethal game of survival for two women consumed by desire and art, in a blisteringly passionate and defiant story of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003eVenus, Vanishing is the blisteringly passionate and page-turning debut novel from Rebecca Birrell, of desire, art, and the stories lost to the darkness of history - for readers of Sarah Waters, Yael van der Wouden, and Alice Winn.  Berlin, 1928. Hannah is new to the pleasures and freedoms of the city. An artist, a runaway, she is building a new life, loving without boundaries and sketching with a cutting edge.  But the party is ending. Hannah begins a recklessly consuming affair with a powerful man's wife and it soon threatens to do more than ruin both of their reputations. People are disappearing. The shadows of something unspeakable are growing darker. Her art could be the thing that secures her survival - or will deny her any chance of escape.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781035085774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.8(H)x15.5(L)x2.9(W)474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 474\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eRebecca Birrell is a Research Affiliate at The Fitzwilliam Museum and a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of St Andrews. Her first book, This Dark Country: Women Artists, Still Life and Intimacy in the Early 20th Century was awarded an Antonia Frazer Award for a Biography in Progress by the Society of Authors, and was chosen as a Guardian\/Observer Art Book of the Year. Venus, Vanishing is her first novel.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping, gorgeously written debut that I couldn't put down\u003c\/b\u003e -- Joanna Quinn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whalebone Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis\u003cb\u003e vivid novel of 1930s Berlin asks what it means to make art in an emergency\u003c\/b\u003e. A skilful and loving restoration of Jewish art and women’s lives -- Eleanor Catton, Booker Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eBirnam Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of queer desire and artistic coming of age\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003edevastating\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Here are fleshy encounters, full of stockings draped on the floor, sketchbooks, swims in a lake and postcards scribbled with cryptic notes of love * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rare and precious combination of emotional warmth and cleverness\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarah Moss, author of \u003ci\u003eRipeness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book offers us a radiant vision of art against evil, of the endurance of love, ambition and vitality amidst the worst of atrocities and betrayal. A bold, moving novel\u003c\/b\u003e -- Megan Hunter, author of \u003ci\u003eDays of Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVenus, Vanishing\u003c\/i\u003e floored me. It is\u003cb\u003e utterly captivating,\u003c\/b\u003e from first to last -- Lauren Elkin, author or \u003ci\u003eScaffolding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWonderful. \u003c\/b\u003eSharp and deft, yet alive with a deep, resonant tenderness.\u003cb\u003e I absolutely LOVED \u003ci\u003eVenus, Vanishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e -- Elizabeth O'Connor, author of \u003ci\u003eWhale Fall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtraordinary. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eVenus, Vanishing\u003c\/i\u003e moved me deeply; \u003cb\u003eI didn't want it to end\u003c\/b\u003e. The rare sort of book that brings the past back to trembling life -- Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of \u003ci\u003eSaid the Dead \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Ghost in the Throat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA page-turner \u003c\/b\u003ethat crackles with menace and humanity . . . \u003cb\u003eA deeply satisfying novel\u003c\/b\u003e -- Bea Setton, author of \u003ci\u003eBerlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cb\u003e deeply felt debut\u003c\/b\u003e -- Chloe Ashby, \u003ci\u003e The Art Newspaper \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's a sombre \u003cb\u003egorgeousness\u003c\/b\u003e to Birrell's \u003cb\u003esmart, sensuous\u003c\/b\u003e debut . . .\u003cb\u003e Vital, luminous\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGripping\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ean engrossing, vital tale of love, friendship and betrayal which is bursting with humanity\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish News *","brand":"Rebecca Birrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49041646878937,"sku":"9781035085774","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781035085774.jpg?v=1785937134","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/venus-vanishing-9781035085774","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}