Gabriele, (Paperback)

<p><b>A May 2025 Indie Next List Great Read </b></p><p><b>"<i>Gabriële&amp;#8239;is</i> a revealing, heartrending biographical novel about a complicated woman whose imprint on art history is undeniable."--Foreword Reviews </b></p><p><b>What if revolutions in art and society began with a revolution in love? </b></p><p><b>Written by Anne Berest (<i>The Postcard</i>) and her sister, Claire Berest, <i>Gabriële</i> is a bold, immersive "true novel" about desire, creativity, and the radical reimagining of how to live. </b></p><p>Paris, 1908. At the height of the Belle Époque, Gabriële Buffet--a brilliant young musician fresh out of Europe's most elite conservatory--meets Francis Picabia, a charismatic and explosive Spanish painter. Their intense love affair plunges them into a Paris alive with artistic experimentation and social rebellion. Soon after, Gabriële meets Marcel Duchamp--younger than Picabia and Gabriële, brilliant, and enigmatic--and before long the three have embarked on a passionate and unconventional relationship that will define their personal stories--and in the process reshape modern art. </p><p>As Europe moves from exuberance to upheaval, and World War I looms, Gabriële, Francis Picabia, and Marcel Duchamp and their milieu challenge every convention: about marriage, sexuality, authorship, and artistic freedom. Moving between Paris, New York, Zurich, Berlin, Barcelona, London, and Saint-Tropez, the novel asks a question that feels urgently contemporary: can new ways of loving and being in the world create new ways of thinking? </p><p>At once intimate and sweeping, <i>Gabriële</i> restores a pioneering woman to the center of a story long told through men, inviting readers to reconsider genius, collaboration, and the invisible labor behind cultural revolutions. </p>

• Gabriele, (Paperback)
• Author: Europa Editions
• ISBN: 9798889661924
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-09-22
• Page Count: 352