I Am You

“Victoria Redel’s fourth novel is not only a vivid evocation of 17th-century Amsterdam but also a powerful exploration of the nature of female creativity” Sunday Times

“Exquisitely drawn… a love story full of colour and light” Stacey Halls, bestselling author of The Familiars

“A stunning accomplishment” Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours and Day

”[This] lush, sexy, absorbing novel … brings to life two artists who are inextricably linked in passion and competition” Melissa Febos, bestselling author of Girlhood

“A beautiful tale of extraordinary women making their own way in ordinary times” Book Riot

“With echoes of Yael van der Wouden’s The Safekeep, I am You is earthy and fleshy and pulsates with suppressed emotions of rage, envy and desire.” Elizabeth Fremantle

“With clean lines and bright colors, Victoria Redel has put the life into still life, giving us a portrait of Holland at the height of its glory—and an unforgettable picture of the erotic, entangled, tragic nature of art itself” Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters

“Sensuous…Readers will relish this memorable portrait of two fiercely independent women” Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review

“Spellbinding, wonderfully atmospheric, and impossible to forget” Sarah Jessica Parker

“A novel that combines a 17th-century atmosphere with a 21st-century sensibility … [Redel’s] characters’ nuanced, complex relationship is terrific [as] they intertwine on multiple levels of secrecy and closeted identity” Kirkus

“Vivid … [a] totally transportive epic of making art and love” Booklist

“An epic tale of love, self-discovery, and artistic identity inspired by the life of painter Maria van Oosterwijck” Library Journal

“Sensual, thought-provoking, and unforgettable … Redel excels at sensory and imagistic writing, particularly in the thrilling qualities of color, inks, paints, and pigments, and revelatory art” Shelf Awareness

“Colours swirl through the pages of Victoria Redel’s new novel I Am You like paints on an easel…it touches on what it is to be an artist” The Jewish Chronicle

’[A] vibrant depiction of Amsterdam’s golden age, filled with conspicuous consumption and even more conspicuous artistic rivalries’ The New York Times

Victoria Redel is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Paradise. Her last novel, Before Everything, was published in 2017. Her short stories, poetry, and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including Granto, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Bomb, One Story, Salmagundi, 0, and NOON.

She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Fine Arts Work Center. Currently, she is a professor in the graduate and undergraduate creative writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College and resides in New York City.

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