{"product_id":"the-artist-paperback","title":"The Artist (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE 2025\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025\u003cbr\u003eA RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAND\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eS BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A furiously romantic, sun-drenched mystery . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill leave you yearning in every sense of the word' Yael van der Wouden, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Safekeep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dextrous and powerful . . . a hugely accomplished portrait of ambition and self-fulfilment'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The year's most lauded debut novelist . . . A sultry, headily perfumed portrait of monstrous male egos and oppressed overlooked women . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003euncovers its secrets by stealth'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A blaze of a book, poetic, passionate and quietly powerful'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This compelling, evocative debut will transport you to idyllic, sun-drenched Provence in 1920 . . . An absorbing, poetic read'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Captivating . . . with imagery as lush as an oil painting'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROVENCE, 1920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEttie moves through the remote farmhouse, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle's artistic genius possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver this sweltering summer, everyone's true colours will be revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause Ettie is ready to be seen.\u003cbr\u003eEven if it means setting her world on fire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucy Steeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47188698169522,"sku":"9781399819589","price":245.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781399819589.jpg?v=1776768890","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-artist-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}