368 Pages I Hardcover

A May 2025 Indie Next List Great Read

Like Gabrile herself, this book takes on big ideas about modern art and modern life.The New York Times

The story of a passionate love affair that triggered a revolution.

An atmospheric, exuberant novel from the best-selling author ofThe Postcard, Anne Berest, and her sister, Claire Berest, about love and sex, art and revolution, experimentation and creativity, and three young people who changed the world.

The year is 1908, the height of the Belle poque, and a brilliant, young French woman named Gabrile,newly graduated from the most elite music school in Europe, meets a volcanic Spanish artist named Francis. Following a whirlwind romance, they marry and fall headlong into a Paris that is experimenting with new forms of living, thinking, and creating. Soon after marrying Francis, Gabrile meets Marcel, another young artist, five years her junior. Soon, Francis, Marcel, and Gabrileare all involved in a fervent affair that will change the course of art history and redefine the avant-garde.