{"product_id":"the-artist","title":"The Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. The Sunday Times bestseller. A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROVENCE, 1920.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph, conscientious objector and aspiring journalist, has been invited to a remote farmhouse. He is convinced he'll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEttie moves through the house, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle's artistic genius possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Ettie is ready to be seen. Even if it means setting her world on fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis summer, everyone's true colours will be revealed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A furiously romantic, sun-drenched mystery.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eYael van der Wouden\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Safekeep\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The Artist uncovers its secrets by stealth.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Seductive.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eGuardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Transporting.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I can't imagine a better book to escape with.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eStylist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Left me with that delicious heart-bursting feeling, full of hope and delight.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eFlorence Knapp\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Names\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucy Steeds\u003c\/strong\u003e announced herself with this debut — a novel of art, heat and hidden labour that swept from prize shortlists to the bestseller lists. For readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Safekeep\u003c\/em\u003e, Maggie O'Farrell's \u003cem\u003eThe Marriage Portrait\u003c\/em\u003e, and Charlotte Mendelson's art-world novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWhy we love it\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eA painting of a summer — the light, the heat, the meals, the silences — wrapped around a slow-burning question: who really makes a genius possible? The answer arrives like a struck match.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray (Hachette)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107039015128,"sku":"9781399819589","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9781399819589.jpg?v=1785502011","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/the-artist","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}