by Siri Hustvedt · Sceptre · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340682388
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«What I Loved» is the contemporary fiction novel by Siri Hustvedt, published by Sceptre in paperback (384 pages, in English).
In 1970s New York, art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers in a gallery the painting of an unknown artist, Bill Weschler, and begins a lifelong friendship with him. The novel follows their families and their children, born the same year, over twenty-five years, a relationship marked by tragedy and by a deception that slowly surfaces.
The novel was originally published in 2002; it was longlisted for the 2003 Orange Prize and won the 2004 Prix des libraires du Québec.
Recommended for readers of literary fiction and book clubs interested in novels about art, friendship, and family dynamics.
Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include The Blindfold (1992), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl (1996), What I Loved (2003), for which she is best known, A Plea for Eros (2006), The Sorrows of an American (2008), The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010), The Summer Without Men (2011), Living, Thinking, Looking (2012), The Blazing World (2014), Memories of the Future (2019), and Ghost Stories (2026). What I Loved and The Summer Without Men were international bestsellers. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
