The Artist
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025
Lucy Steeds
- LONGLISTED
- FOR
- THE
- WOMEN'S
- PRIZE
- FOR
- FICTION
- 2025
A
- RADIO
- 4
- BOOK
- AT
- BEDTIME
- IN
- APRIL'A
- blaze
- of
- a
- book,
- poetic,
- passionate
- and
- quietly
- powerful'
- Daily
- Mail'The
- year's
- most
- lauded
- debut
- novelist
- .
- .
- .
- A
- sultry,
- headily
- perfumed
- portrait
- of
- monstrous
- male
- egos
- and
- oppressed
- overlooked
- women
- .
- .
- .
- The
- Artist
- uncovers
- its
- secrets
- by
- stealth'
- Telegraph'Dextrous
- and
- powerful
- .
- .
- .
- a
- hugely
- accomplished
- portrait
- of
- ambition
- and
- self-fulfilment'
- Guardian'The
- Artist
- is
- a
- lush,
- impressive
- debut;
- the
- writing
- is
- rich
- and
- sensuous,
- especially
- in
- descriptions
- of
- food,
- the
- landscape
- and
- the
- act
- of
- creation.
- Lucy
- Steeds
- is
- one
- to
- watch'
- The
- Times'This
- compelling,
- evocative
- debut
- will
- transport
- you
- to
- idyllic,
- sun-drenched
- Provence
- in
- 1920
- .
- .
- .
- An
- absorbing,
- poetic
- read'
- Mail
- on
- Sunday'Enthralling
- .
- .
- .
- the
- descriptions
- of
- the
- landscape,
- the
- meals
- they
- eat
- and
- the
- art
- created
- are
- so
- rich
- and
- evocative
- it's
- as
- if
- you're
- there'
- Good
- Housekeeping**BEST
- BOOKS
- FOR
- 2025
- from
- Stylist
- and
- Good
- Housekeeping**PROVENCE,
- 1920Ettie
- moves
- through
- the
- remote
- farmhouse,
- silently
- creating
- the
- conditions
- that
- make
- her
- uncle's
- artistic
- genius
- possible.Joseph,
- an
- aspiring
- journalist,
- has
- been
- invited
- to
- the
- house.
- He
- believes
- he'll
- make
- his
- name
- by
- interviewing
- the
- reclusive
- painter,
- the
- great
- Edouard
- Tartuffe.But
- everyone
- has
- their
- secrets.
- And,
- under
- the
- cover
- of
- darkness,
- Ettie
- has
- spent
- years
- cultivating
- hers.Over
- this
- sweltering
- summer,
- everyone's
- true
- colours
- will
- be
- revealed.Because
- Ettie
- is
- ready
- to
- be
- seen.
Even
- if
- it
- means
- setting
- her
- world
- on
- fire.'Gorgeous
- .
- .
- .
- Steeped
- in
- the
- heat
- and
- atmosphere
- of
- 1920s
- Provence,
- this
- novel
- brims
- with
- intrigue,
- hope
- and
- yearning'
- Elizabeth
- Macneal,
- author
- of
- The
- Doll
- Factory
- and
- The
- Burial
- Plot'Phenomenal
- .
- .
- .
- beautiful,
- pacey
- historical
- fiction,
- vividly
- realised.
- It
- drifts
- with
- the
- scent
- of
- summer,
- the
- land
- lit
- up
- and
- throbbing,
- the
- food
- piled
- high
- and
- richly
- painted,
- the
- paint
- as
- thick
- and
- buttery
- as
- food.
- I
- wanted
- to
- eat
- it.
- Yes,
- I
- even
- wanted
- to
- eat
- the
- paint.
- Read
- this
- book!'
- Seth
- Insua,
- author
- of
- Human,
- Animal'I
- could
- not
- love
- this
- beautiful
- novel
- more
- .
- .
- .
- the
- final
- chapters
- left
- me
- with
- that
- delicious
- heart-bursting
- feeling,
- full
- of
- hope
- and
- delight'
- Florence
- Knapp,
- author
- of
- The
- Names'Lucy
- Steeds
- transports
- the
- reader
- with
- her
- sensuous
- depictions
- of
- food,
- art,
- and
- landscape
- .
- .
- .
- an
- assured
- and
- atmospheric
- debut'
- Sarah
- Perry,
- author
- of
- The
- Essex
- Serpent'A
- furiously
- romantic,
- sun-drenched
- mystery
- .
- .
- .
- The
- Artist
- will
- leave
- you
- yearning
- in
- every
- sense
- of
- the
- word'
- Yael
- van
- der
- Wouden,
- author
- of
- The
- Safekeep'An
- intoxicating
- tale
- of
- creativity,
- possession
- and
- freedom.
- An
- impressively
- assured
- debut
- which
- asks
- questions
- about
- all
- those
- who
- are
- painted
- over
- by
- history'
- Joanna
- Quinn,
- author
- of
- The
- Whalebone Theatre
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