Venus, Vanishing: A Novel

“Gripping, gorgeously written.” —Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre
“Extraordinary.” —Elizabeth O'Connor, author of Whale Fall
“Vivid...Asking what it means to make art in an emergency.” —Eleanor Catton, author of Birnam Wood and The Luminaries

Portrait of a Lady on Fire meets The Safekeep in this gripping debut that reckons with art forgery, desire, suspicion, and resistance

In raucous 1928 Berlin, Hannah Sherman has deviated from the traditional arc of a woman’s life. An artist and...