A Nearly Perfect Copy
A Novel
Published on 9. April 2013
304 pages
978-0-385-53670-7 (ISBN)
Description
Richly drawn and sharply observed, A Nearly Perfect Copy is a smart and affecting novel of family and forgery set amidst the rarefied international art world.
Elm Howells has a loving family and a distinguished career at an elite Manhattan auction house. But after a tragic loss throws her into an emotional crisis, she pursues a reckless course of action that jeopardizes her personal and professional success. Meanwhile, talented artist Gabriel Connois wearies of remaining at the margins of the capricious Parisian art scene, and, desperate for recognition, he embarks on a scheme that threatens his burgeoning reputation. As these narratives converge, with disastrous consequences, A Nearly Perfect Copy boldly challenges our presumptions about originality and authenticity, loss and replacement, and the perilous pursuit of perfection.
Elm Howells has a loving family and a distinguished career at an elite Manhattan auction house. But after a tragic loss throws her into an emotional crisis, she pursues a reckless course of action that jeopardizes her personal and professional success. Meanwhile, talented artist Gabriel Connois wearies of remaining at the margins of the capricious Parisian art scene, and, desperate for recognition, he embarks on a scheme that threatens his burgeoning reputation. As these narratives converge, with disastrous consequences, A Nearly Perfect Copy boldly challenges our presumptions about originality and authenticity, loss and replacement, and the perilous pursuit of perfection.
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ALLISON AMEND, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is the author of the Independent Publisher's Award-winning short story collection Things That Pass for Love and the novel Stations West, which was a finalist for the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Oklahoma Book Award. She lives in New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Part One: Spring 2007
- Elm
- Gabriel
- Elm
- Gabriel
- Elm
- Gabriel
- Elm
- Gabriel
- Part Two: Summer 2007
- Elm
- Part Three: Fall 2007
- Elm
- Gabriel
- Part Four: Winter 2008
- Elm
- Elm
- Gabriel
- Elm
- Part Five: Spring 2011
- Elm and Gabriel
- About the Author
- Other Books by This Author
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgments
