![]() ![]() Witty, gorgeous, and at times Gothic, it questions the lines between fantasy and obsession-and the boundaries of escapism.įollowing the explosive popularity of works like Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem, Chinese science fiction and fantasy have garnered more and more international attention. Lote delights in satirizing contemporary arts culture and carving out a Black, queer perspective. But excavating Hermia’s forgotten legacy is hardly straightforward and brings Mathilda into the orbit of strange and memorable characters, including ascetic art scholars, theorists with cult-like followings, and the dazzling Erskine-Lily, a fellow lover of luxury and reinvention. Captivated by Hermia and determined to uncover her life and work, Mathilda grifts her way into a secretive and pretentious arts residency in Dun, a town Hermia once called home. While working in London’s National Portrait Gallery, Mathilda discovers a photo of the fictional Hermia Druitt, a Black modernist who rubbed shoulders with historical icons, including Bright Young Thing and provocative aristocrat Stephen Tennant and Bloomsbury Group member Virginia Woolf. The winner of a prestigious James Tait Black Prize, the U.K.’s oldest literary awards, Shola von Reinhold’s Lote follows Mathilda, a young woman who constantly reinvents herself, each time hoping to escape her tedious reality and pursue a life of decadence. ![]()
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