Novel set in 1950s HOLLYWOOD and EALING (London)
This is Life
Location(s): Paris
Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
Era(s): Modern
Dan Rhodes’s new novel opens with a determined art student, Aurélie Renard, throwing a stone in a crowded Paris neighbourhood in a bid to kick-start her next creative project. She had been planning to produce a straightforward series of line drawings – drawing is her first love – but, intimidated by hearing other students pontificate on their more conceptual ideas (“recontextualising found objects”, “appropriate the now”, “subvert the zeitgeist”), Aurélie randomly selects a public area by throwing a dart at a map, tosses her stone in the air during rush hour and hopes for charmed inspiration.
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