Amelia Gray

Isadora

September 8, 2022
450 pages
140 × 185 mm
22 €
9782377561445
978-2-3775-6144-5
Translated from English by Nathalie Bru
																Amelia Gray, Isadora
																Amelia Gray, Isadora

In 1913, the restless world sat on the brink of unimaginable suffering. But for one woman, the darkness of a new era had already made itself at home. Isadora Duncan would come to be known as the mother of modern dance, but in the spring of 1913 she was a grieving mother, after a freak accident in Paris resulted in the drowning death of her two young children.
The accident cracked Isadora’s life in two: on one side, the brilliant young talent who captivated audiences the world over; on the other, a heartbroken mother spinning dangerously on the edge of sanity.
Isadora
is a shocking and visceral portrait of an artist and woman drawn to the brink of destruction by the cruelty of life. In her breakout novel, Amelia Gray offers a relentless portrayal of a legendary artist churning through prewar Europe. Isadora seeks to obliterate the mannered portrait of a dancer and to introduce the reader to a woman who lived and loved without limits, even in the darkest days of her life.

The author

Amelia Gray is the author of five books, including recently Isadora (FSG). Her fictional texts and essays have been published by The White Review, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Tin House, and VICE, among others. She was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her first novel Threats (Ogre 2019, transl. Théophile Sersiron). Amelia Gray’s writing is informed by her acclaimed work as a screenwriter for the Mr. Robot and Maniac series. She lives in Los Angeles.

Strong points

The great novel about Isadora Duncan.

A masterful portrait of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

A biographical, feminist and psychological novel of a rare finesse.

The sumptuous and ferocious style of Amelia Gray (sumptuously translated by Nathalie Bru)!

An exquisite dive into the artistic intelligentsia on the eve of the 1st World War.

Press

“Gray’s striking, sensual language is perfectly suited to her visionary protagonist, and the novel shimmers with memorable prose.”

Publishers Weekly.
September 8, 2022
450 pages
140 × 185 mm
22 €
9782377561445
978-2-3775-6144-5
Translated from English by Nathalie Bru