When Mondrus prose is ablaze; cruising around with her inside a bruised and beaten artistrsquo;s soul is a veritable party. . . . By God shes a great prose stylist full of character.—PolitikenDanish Women Writers SeriesStylistically provocative; Justine tells the story of a young female artist whose life is upended when her house burns down with all of the artworks for her upcoming exhibit inside. With little time left to recreate every-thing shes lost; Justine embarks on a series of sexual escapades with a sort of doomed intensity that foreshadows the novelrsquo;s final; dark twist.Through flashbacks and fragmented memories; we see Justine as a student at the Art Academy first discovering the misogynistic order that rules the Danish art world; and later on as she constantly challenges its expectations—both in the studio and in bed.A personal meditation on artistic identity; creative process; and the male-dominated art scene; the novel veers between the erotic and the savage; resulting in a spellbinding read from one of Denmarks edgiest contemporary feminist writers.Iben Mondrup is a trained visual artist from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts who is also the author of four novels; including Justine; its sequel; and Godhavn.Kerri A. Pierce has published translations from seven different languages in a variety of genres—fiction and nonfiction; novel and short story. Her translation of The Faster I Walk; The Smaller I Am by Kjersti A. Skomsvold was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
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