The Last Nude
The Last Nude by Ellis Avery is a reprint edition published by Penguin Publishing Group on December 31, 2012. This novel unfolds in Paris during 1927, a vibrant period marked by artistic innovation and social change. It tells the story of Rafaela Fano, a young American who becomes the muse for the renowned Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka. As Rafaela navigates her complex relationship with Tamara, she grapples with themes of love, desire, and the challenges of her circumstances.
Readers will find a rich exploration of the intersection between art and personal struggle, as Rafaela’s modeling experience reveals both the allure and the harsh realities of being a muse. The narrative delves into the dynamics of their relationship, set against the backdrop of a city alive with creativity and tension. With elements of historical fiction and romance, The Last Nude captures the essence of a transformative era while addressing the intricacies of identity and ambition. This edition spans 352 pages and is presented in English.
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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. In the heady years before the crash, financiers drape their mistresses in Chanel, while expatriates flock to the avant-garde bookshop Shakespeare and Company. One day in July, a young American named Rafaela Fano gets into the car of a coolly dazzling stranger, the Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka.
Struggling to halt a downward slide toward prostitution, Rafaela agrees to model for the artist, a dispossessed Saint Petersburg aristocrat with a murky past. The two become lovers, and Rafaela inspires Tamara’s most iconic Jazz Age images, among them her most accomplished-and coveted-works of art. A season as the painter’s muse teaches Rafaela some hard lessons: Tamara is a cocktail of raw hunger and glittering artifice. And all the while, their romantic idyll is threatened by history’s darkening tide.
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