Blue self-portrait
By: Noémi Lefebvre ; translated from the French by Sophie Lewis
Contributors: Lewis, Sophie, translator
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781945492105
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Musicians; Fiction
Work titles: Autoportrait bleu
Description: On a flight from Berlin to Paris, a woman haunted by composer Arnold Schoenberg's self-portrait reflects on her romantic encounter with a pianist. Obsessive, darkly comic, and full of angst, Blue Self-Portrait unfolds among Berlin's cultural institutions, but is located in the mid-air flux between contrary impulses, with repetitions and variations that explore the possibilities and limitations of art, history, and connection.
Notes: Originally published in French in 2009 as: L'autoportrait bleu.

Translated from French.