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2177432Villa E: A Novelhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/villa-e-a-novel/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1926484/7eba0883-8027-4ad6-8338-98146bbdc081.jpg?v=638573223641300000337467MXNLiverightInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Two brilliant architects clash over the fate of a luxurious villa in this riveting tale of artistic obsession.</strong></p><p>Along the glittering coast of southern France, among a jungle of olive trees and aloes, a white villa rose from an earthen terrace. Eileen, a new architect previously known for her elegant chairs and furniture, built it as a haven for her and her lover; she realized each detail, designing the villa around their movements and habits. When the outspoken Le G, a founder of Modernist architecture, first laid eyes on the house, he could see his influence in the sleek lines. Affronted and impassioned, he took a paintbrush to the villas clean, white walls . . .</p><p>Now, Le G is in the final week of his life. He has spent the last thirty years infiltrating Eileens house, erasing her presence and forgetting her name. But finally, the tide has come in, and Eileen is called back to her beloved coastline, where both artists will contend with the transformative power of memory.</p><p>Inspired by the real-life collision of Irish designer Eileen Gray and famed Swiss architect Le Corbusier, and the extraordinary place that bound them, Jane Alison boldly reimagines a now-infamous feud into a lushly poetic and mesmerizing novel of power, predation, and obsession.</p>...2148197Villa E: A Novel337467https://www.gandhi.com.mx/villa-e-a-novel/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1926484/7eba0883-8027-4ad6-8338-98146bbdc081.jpg?v=638573223641300000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781324095064_W3siaWQiOiI2MjQzMzVlOS01Mzc0LTQ5YTEtYmI3MS1kY2UyODdhYjFmZjUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQ0MiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEyNCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjozMTgsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781324095064_<p><strong>From the author of <em>Meander, Spiral, Explode</em>, an astounding novel inspired by the collision of Irish designer Eileen Gray and famed Swiss architect Le Corbusier.</strong></p><p>Along the glittering coast of southern France, a white villa sits atop an earthen terracea site of artistic genius, now subject to bitter dispute. Eileen, a new architect known for her elegant chair designs, poured the concrete herself; she built it as a haven for her and her lover, and called it E-1027. When the hulking Le G, a founder of modernist architecture, laid eyes on the house in 1929, he could see his influence in the sleek linesand he would not be outdone. Impassioned, he took a paintbrush to the clean, white walls. . . .</p><p>Thirty years later, Eileen has not returned to Villa E and Le G has never lefthis summers spent aging in a cabin just feet away. Mining the psyches of two brilliant, complex artists and the extrordinary place that bound them, Jane Alison boldly reimagines a now-legendary act of vandalism into a lushly poetic and mesmerizing novel of power, predation, and obsession.</p>...9781324095064_Liverightlibro_electonico_d49fe4fb-e7c1-3553-a862-dcad52de5def_9781324095064;9781324095064_9781324095064Jane AlisonInglésMéxico2024-08-06T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/wwnorton-epub-aff4e3e6-328f-45c5-b952-e6ffa51f31c7.epub2024-08-06T00:00:00+00:00Liveright