The Exhibitionist
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The Exhibitionist
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Narrateur(s):
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Juliet Stevenson
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Auteur(s):
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Charlotte Mendelson
À propos de cet audio
THE TIMES NOVEL OF THE YEAR
A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2022
A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BOOK OF THE YEAR
'It takes the most ferocious intelligence, skill, and a deep reservoir of sadness to write a novel as funny as this. I adored it' - Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss
'A devastating treat of a novel: funny, furious, dark and delicious' - Sarah Waters, author of Fingersmith
Meet the Hanrahan family, gathering for a momentous weekend as famous artist and notorious egoist Ray Hanrahan prepares for a new exhibition of his art – the first in many decades – and one he is sure will burnish his reputation for good.
His three children will be there: beautiful Leah, always her father’s biggest champion; sensitive Patrick, who has finally decided to strike out on his own; and insecure Jess, the youngest, who has her own momentous decision to make . . .
And what of Lucia, Ray’s steadfast and selfless wife? She is an artist, too, but has always had to put her roles as wife and mother first. What will happen if she decides to change? For Lucia is hiding secrets of her own, and as the weekend unfolds and the exhibition approaches, she must finally make a choice.
The longer the marriage, the harder truth becomes . . .
The Exhibitionist is the extraordinary fifth novel from Charlotte Mendelson, a dazzling exploration of art, sacrifice, toxic family politics, queer desire, and personal freedom.
'Delicious, heartbreaking . . . Fabulously written and utterly compelling' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown-Ups
Ce que les critiques en disent
Here's a story about a family of passive-aggressive adult children and a permanently cowering wife who've spent their entire lives propping up the enormous ego of a domineering egotistical man, a 1970s has-been 'art icon' who has achieved nothing of lasting note, and whose wildly inflated sense of self is based on a few past glories, and is the long-term result of decades of terrorizing everyone within his reach into worshipping him.
The adult children are all terrible but who I really want to strangle is his 55 year-old wife--for deliberately sabotaging herself, her self-esteem, her career, her life, to this man. It's 2022 and the fact that this kind of story is still being written and considered ground-breaking, or even entertaining, is completely insane. The wife, once his pregnant student at age 17, has lived her entire adult life under the iron fist of an intolerant ego-driven boy-man who deserves no respect, and who she continues to live for, justifies, promotes at her own expense, and enables, despite the fact that she sees him, she's aware of how her own actions have diminished her, and she sees the damage that tolerating his abuse has done to her.
The most I hoped for while fast-forwarding through chapters was that, in the end, the decrepit rotten family home would combust and everyone in it would die. There is not one character who deserves to go on living. But alas, that doesn't happen. The atrocity continues to its very last agonizing breath.
The only saving grace of this audiobook is vocal actor Juliet Stevenson who is, as always, impeccable in her delivery, even with this absolute turd of a novel.
'Bleak' is too kind a word.
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