Set primarily in 1927 paris, the book is largely inspired by events in the life of artist tamara de lempicka. At once a seductive evocation of lost generation paris, a faithful literary rendering of tamara de lempicka's idiosyncratic and groundbreaking art, and a vibrant, intelligent, affecting story in its own right. Avery gives the reader a tantalizing window into a lost paris, an age already vanishing as the inexorable forces of history close in on two tangled lives
The Last Nude – Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Spellbinding and provocative, the last nude is a novel about genius and craft, love and desire, regret, and, most of all, hope that can transcend time and circumstance.
Spellbinding and provocative, the last nude is a novel about genius and craft, love and desire, regret and, most of all, hope that can transcend time and circumstance paris, 1927
One day in july, a young american named rafaela fano gets. Inspired by real events in de lempicka's history, the last nude is a tour de force of historical imagination Ellis avery gives the reader a tantalizing window into a lost paris, an age already vanishing as the inexorable forces of history close in on two tangled lives. Spellbinding and provocative, the last nude is a novel about genius and craft, love and desire, regret and, most of all, hope that can transcend time and circumstanceparis, 1927
In the heady years before the crash, financiers drape their mistresses in chanel, while. ?the last nude is a remarkable novel
