An Evening with Lucy Steeds at Waterstones York

Lucy Steed author of The Artist, is coming to Waterstones York on Wednesday 24th June at 7pm.
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Doors will open to the public from 6.40pm and the event will be held in store. For accessibility information and support, please email: [email protected]
About the book: The Artist

'The Artist is a gorgeously escapist novel which seamlessly transports the reader to the sticky heat of sun-soaked 1920s Southern France... Atmospheric, elegant and sensory, it is a novel to be fully swept away by.' - Bea Carvalho, Waterstones Head of Books

Provence, 1920.

Ettie 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.

An intoxicating tale of art, love and secrets set across a sun-drenched Provençal summer in 1920, Steeds' masterly debut revolves around a fabled, reclusive painter, an aspiring British journalist set on penning a piece on him, and the artist’s seemingly unworldly niece Ettie who harbours an explosive secret.

Blending mystery and slow-burning romance with lush, cinematic prose and exquisite characterisation, The Artist is an absorbing study in monstrous egos, self-discovery and the power of art, filled with dextrous detail for the senses.

Accessibility (City Screen Picturehouse York):
A customer lift is available.
Parking is restricted, however, cars can access Coney Street from 18.30 for collection and drop off near the cinema.

City Screen Picturehouse address:

13 Coney Street

York

YO1 9QL

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