Winner: Bywater Prize for Fiction Finalist: Shelf Unbound Writing Competition
“...The superb craftsmanship of a master storyteller at work.”
—Out in Print
“Art on Fire is alive with passion, humor, and real truth.”
—Lambda Literary Review
Art on Fire by Hilary Sloin
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oung, wild, and subversive artist Francesca deSilva lived hard and died young in a tragic fire that also destroyed most of her art. Growing up in the shadow of her brilliant sister Isabella, Francesca was always second best. Overlooked by her parents, she turned to her grandmother, whose adoration shriveled to rejection when Francesca was caught in bed with the chess genius Lisa Sinsong on her eighteenth birthday. Art on Fire is the pseudo-biography of Francesca’s short but colorful life, interspersed with essays on her paintings by critics, academics, and psychologists. These razorsharp satires on art, lesbian life, and the academic world puncture pretentiousness with every paragraph.
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