{"product_id":"the-artist-lucy-steeds-9781399819589","title":"The Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA TELEGRAPH AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A furiously romantic, sun-drenched mystery . . . The Artist will leave you yearning in every sense of the word' Yael van der Wouden, author of The Safekeep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The Artist is a lush, impressive debut; the writing is rich and sensuous, especially in descriptions of food, the landscape and the act of creation. Lucy Steeds is one to watch' Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful' Daily Telegraph, BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Dextrous and powerful . . . a hugely accomplished portrait of ambition and self-fulfilment' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The year's most lauded debut novelist . . . A sultry, headily perfumed portrait of monstrous male egos and oppressed overlooked women . . . The Artist uncovers its secrets by stealth' Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A blaze of a book, poetic, passionate and quietly powerful' Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This compelling, evocative debut will transport you to idyllic, sun-drenched Provence in 1920 . . . An absorbing, poetic read' Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Captivating . . . with imagery as lush as an oil painting' Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Enthralling . . . the descriptions of the landscape, the meals they eat and the art created are so rich and evocative it's as if you're there' Good Housekeeping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePROVENCE, 1920\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEttie moves through the remote farmhouse, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle's artistic genius possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph, an aspiring journalist, has been invited to the house. He believes he'll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver this sweltering summer, everyone's true colours will be revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause Ettie is ready to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEven if it means setting her world on fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Lucy Steeds transports the reader with her sensuous depictions of food, art, and landscape . . . an assured and atmospheric debut' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An intoxicating tale of creativity, possession and freedom. An impressively assured debut which asks questions about all those who are painted over by history' Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I could not love this beautiful novel more . . . the final chapters left me with that delicious heart-bursting feeling, full of hope and delight' Florence Knapp, author of The Names\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Gorgeous . . . Steeped in the heat and atmosphere of 1920s Provence, this nove\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucy Steeds","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48917106557171,"sku":"9781399819589","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781399819589.jpg?v=1778099242","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-artist-lucy-steeds-9781399819589","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}