$33.71
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2024
Summary
Taking the reader from Victoria’s wild shipwreck coast to the artists’ studios of revolutionary Paris and the bloody battlefields of Flanders, this sweeping novel reimagines the volatile history of the beautiful and enigmatic young woman immortalised in one of Australia’s most iconic paintings. Created in Paris in 1875, Chloé, Jules Lefebvre’s depiction of a naked water nymph, was brought to Melbourne’s Young & Jackson Hotel in 1909, where it has hung ever since.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760688547 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760688541 |
| Author: | Katrina Kell |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Echo Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 396g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 235mm x 154mm |
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About The Author
Katrina Kell
Katrina Kell was born in Scotland and moved to Australia as a child. Her award-winning writing includes two young adult novels, short fiction, poetry, essays, and journalism.
A vivid and unforgettable dream was the inspiration for Chloé. The unpublished manuscript of the novel won an Australian Society of Authors Award Mentorship, and Katrina’s PhD thesis, Capturing Chloé: Reimagining a Melbourne Icon, explores the myths and volatile history of the iconic nude painting and its model.
Katrina is an Honorary Research Associate at Murdoch University. She lives and works in Boorloo (Perth) on the unceded lands of the Whadjuk Noongar People.
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