Marie-Helene Dumas Marie-Helene Dumas i(A70998 works by)
Gender: Female
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13 9 y separately published work icon Masterclass Morris West , ( trans. Marie-Helene Dumas with title De main de maitre ) Paris : Laffont , 1989 Z205396 1988 single work novel

'When the daughter of an old Florentine family dies, she leaves a bequest to her lover Max Mather, an American art historian who has been managing the family's rare art collection. Mather is left with two priceless artworks by the great Renaissance master Raphael—without the family's knowledge. As Mather contrives to have the artworks discovered at auction in New York, big-time collectors, dealers and auctioneers are drawn into his game. In trying to out-deal the deal-makers, he becomes embroiled in a tangled web surrounding the brutal murder of a promiscuous Manhattan painter, Madeleine Bayard. The two stories intertwine in this fast-paced tale of intrigue and murder in the international art world.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

3 41 y separately published work icon Turtle Beach Blanche d'Alpuget , ( trans. Marie-Helene Dumas et. al. )agent with title La Plage Aux Tortues ) Paris : Presses de la Renaissance , 1983 Z34130 1981 single work novel

'Two women, two worlds. Together they must risk everything

'Judith Wilkes, an ambitious journalist, leaves her husband and two sons in Australia and goes to Malaysia to report on the international refugee crisis. Ten years earlier, Malaysia provided Judith with her first major career success, but also with a personal disaster that she would like to forget.

'While on assignment Judith encounters Minou, the manipulative young French-Vietnamese wife of a high-ranking Australian diplomat. Minou is desperate to rescue her children from Saigon, who were left behind when she fled. Judith also begins a romance with the enigmatic Indian scholar Kanan. These new loyalties throw her headlong into dramatic personal and professional dilemmas. It is on the East Malaysian coast, where the giant turtles gather to lay their eggs, that the conflict reaches its tragic, brutal climax.'  (Publication summary)

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