In an inspired restaging of Daphne du Maurier’s classic Rebecca, a young curator finds herself haunted by the legacy of her predecessor.
Two years have passed since the tragic death of Alena, curator at the Nauk, a cutting-edge art museum on Cape Cod. At the Venice Biennale, Bernard Augustin, the Nauk’s wealthy, enigmatic founder—to whom Alena had been closest confidante and muse—offers the position to an aspiring young curator from the Midwest. It’s the job of her dreams, and she dives at the chance.
Just as quickly, she finds herself well out of her depth. The Nauk echoes with phantoms of the past—a past obsessively preserved by the museum’s staff—and the newcomer’s every move mires her more deeply in artistic, erotic, and emotional entanglements. When recently discovered evidence calls into question the circumstances of Alena’s death, shattering secrets surface, putting to the test the loyalty, integrity, and courage of our heroine—who remains nameless, like the heroine of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, the inspiration for this provocative and spellbinding tale.
- ISBN10 1594632928
- ISBN13 9781594632921
- Publish Date 7 April 2015 (first published 23 January 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 August 2023
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Hudson Street Press (an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 358
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781594632921