Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
30.09.2025
Verlag
Random House N.Y.Seitenzahl
304
Maße (L/B/H)
23,3/15,8/3 cm
Gewicht
584 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-63893-206-2
“A lush, sexy, absorbing novel that brings to life two artists who are inextricably linked in passion and competition.” —Melissa Febos, author of The Dry Season and Girlhood, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
An intimate portrait of two women reckoning with love, sex, art, and identity in 1600s Amsterdam.
Transformed by passion. Trapped by secrets.
At age eight, Gerta Pieters disguises herself as a boy and goes to work in the service of the Oosterwijcks, a genteel Dutch family. Young, beautiful Maria Oosterwijck notices Gerta, and insists that she accompany her to Amsterdam, where Maria will study under a noteworthy Dutch artist.
In Amsterdam, Maria rises in the ranks of society as a prodigy of still life painting. From the shadows, Gerta watches her ascension and learns to make herself invaluable to Maria in innumerable ways. As their relationship evolves, Gerta becomes so intrinsic to Maria’s personal life—and her art—that their carefully maintained balance of power threatens to collapse.
Inspired by the little that is known about renowned painter Maria van Oosterwijck’s life, I Am You is a love story, a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and a study in obsession. Victoria Redel’s novel brings to life the copious spoils of Amsterdam’s Golden Age, and the perils that lay hidden within them for women like Maria and Gerta.
“A stunning accomplishment.” —Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Day and The Hours
“Spellbinding, wonderfully atmospheric, and impossible to forget.” —Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit
An intimate portrait of two women reckoning with love, sex, art, and identity in 1600s Amsterdam.
Transformed by passion. Trapped by secrets.
At age eight, Gerta Pieters disguises herself as a boy and goes to work in the service of the Oosterwijcks, a genteel Dutch family. Young, beautiful Maria Oosterwijck notices Gerta, and insists that she accompany her to Amsterdam, where Maria will study under a noteworthy Dutch artist.
In Amsterdam, Maria rises in the ranks of society as a prodigy of still life painting. From the shadows, Gerta watches her ascension and learns to make herself invaluable to Maria in innumerable ways. As their relationship evolves, Gerta becomes so intrinsic to Maria’s personal life—and her art—that their carefully maintained balance of power threatens to collapse.
Inspired by the little that is known about renowned painter Maria van Oosterwijck’s life, I Am You is a love story, a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and a study in obsession. Victoria Redel’s novel brings to life the copious spoils of Amsterdam’s Golden Age, and the perils that lay hidden within them for women like Maria and Gerta.
“A stunning accomplishment.” —Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Day and The Hours
“Spellbinding, wonderfully atmospheric, and impossible to forget.” —Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit
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