When lightning strikes Artemisia Cavelli, it rewires the young artist's mind in magical ways. From her hospital she steps into a maelstrom of betrayal, conspiracy, tormented love and desperate vulnerability. But she doesn't leave alone. She's accompanied by a white wolf, visible to a few but not to most. Like her namesake, the goddess Artemis, who cured the diseases of women, she is about to change what she touches. The lives of all who know her will be turned inside out in this riveting modern fable of transfiguration set in New York's art world, a world the author illuminates with devastating intimacy. Artemisia's Wolf is an unforgettable homage to women oppressed by a male hierarchy.

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Jeffrey Haste(560 Days Ago)

(Author captures audience)

Djelloul Marbrook is passionate about writing and the internet as a means of sharing information and the range of things he cares about. This book reflects his creative affinity and understanding of women artists as well as his concern for woman's rights. In everything he writes you'll find a satisfying language that engages your imagination. Djelloul is a remarkable writer that works tirelessly with his convictions about art and human rights.

Annie Breault Darling(611 Days Ago)

(Artemesia's Wolf)

Artemesia is a heroine for our time. Long may she live in each of us! As a painter who was caught in the insidious 'art world', I relate to Artemesia. Djelloul's book is a contemplative, sensitive and mythological portrait of women in the 'art world'. I must say I was a bit shocked that a man could tell the truth of what it is like to be a 'female' painter and have to fight and scrap just for a place among one's fellow artists. To have to chum with the boys, or give it up with my good looks for just one more show. Thank you for this delightful, important and soul-affirming read, Djelloul. I am looking forward to Far from Algiers.

Doug Ramsdell(638 Days Ago)

(Artemesia's Wolf)

I don't encounter language like the author's every day, and so I enjoyed just sitting with passages and sort of letting them seep in. Quite apart from the "story" aspects, it's energizing to re-experience city settings I see every day filtered through a completely different sensibility. I'm pretty much a "dese, dem and dose" kind of reader, and it was wonderful to slow down and spend time with the story and the sensibility, and I still feel a little in the grasp of it... not seeing any white wolves yet, but alert in some way for opportunities to see past my ordinary experiential limitations. That's what's especially invigorating for me about reading "Artemisia's Wolf," the sort of "Mozart effect" it's having on my own perceptions. I'm looking forward to Saraceno, which I have downloaded on my desktop. --Doug Ramsdell, NYC

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