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High Fashion and Intrigue in The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Lester
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Natasha Lester, the New York Times best-selling author of nine novels. joins me on the Art In Fiction Podcast to chat about her latest novel, The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard, listed in the Textile Arts category.
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Highlights include:
- Summary of The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard - role played by the Battle of Verseilles in November 1973
- Challenges of writing three points of view in three timeframes
- Fashion in the 1970s as inspiration for the novel
- Mizza Bricard, known to history as "Christian Dior's Muse", as the catalyst for the novel, and debunking the focus on "woman as muse"
- Combining fictional and real characters in the novel: Mizza Bricard with her two fictional descendants
- Women in fashion over the decades: has anything changed?
- Role of the Bayeux Tapestry in the novel as a metaphor for gender imbalance
- Natasha's use of language and imagery
- Reading from The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard
- Advice about research methods
- What Natasha is working on now
Check out The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard and other novels by Natasha Lester on Art In Fiction: https://www.artinfiction.com/novels?q=natasha+lester
Natasha Lester's Website: https://natashalester.com.au/
Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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