Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt (2014)

Harriet Burden is an artist weighed down with fury at the lack of recognition she has received from the New York art establishment. Inspired, Burden conducts her own experiment: she hides her identity behind three male fronts who pretend as though her work is their own—but when Burden finally reveals the truth, not everyone believes her.

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