At Electric Lit Carrie V Mullins tagged
eleven top novels about female artists, including:
The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein
This novel is based on the unlikely true story of early 20th century Chinese painter Pan Yuliang. As a child, Yuliang was sold into prostitution by her uncle, who needed the money to support his opium habit. Pan became the concubine for a wealthy customs inspector who allowed her to go to art school in Shanghai and eventually Europe. The move made Pan into a talented painter, but when she returned to China, which was on the brink of revolution, her art was considered too modern. Pan’s journey questions the inherent value of a piece of art versus the society and lens that its viewed in.
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The Page 69 Test: The Painter from Shanghai.
--Marshal Zeringue
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