The Nude : A Novel

Art historian Elizabeth Clarke is sent to a remote island in Southern Greece to acquire a rare female nude sculpture for a Los Angeles collection. Disoriented by time zones, migraines, and suspicious details surrounding the figure's discovery, she's dependent on her flirtatious but guileless translator. The last thing she expects is to be so pulled to his wife Theo, a subversive artist who has amassed a small following for her provocative self-portraits, which seek to deconstruct the objectification of the female form. As Elizabeth immerses herself in the island's cobblestoned mazes and sumptuous cuisine, and falls deeper into an infatuation with Theo--and Theo's art--she starts to question her role in the acquisition of cultural artifacts--

Author: C. Michelle Lindley

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Publication Date: Jul 23, 2024

Number of Pages: 272 pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 1668032953

ISBN-13: 9781668032954