Alchemy of a blackbird : a novel
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New York : Atria Books, 2023.
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Published
New York : Atria Books, 2023.
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Book
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272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English

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"Painter Remedios Varo and her lover, poet Benjamin Peret escape the Nazis by fleeing Paris and arriving at a safe house for artists on the Rivieria. Along with Max Ernst, Peggy Guggenheim, and others, the two anxiously wait for exit papers. As the months pass, Remedios begins to sense that the others don't see her as a fellow artist; they have cast her in the stifling role of a surrealist ideal: the beautiful innocent. She finds refuge in a mysterious bookshop, where she stumbles into a world of occult learning and intensifies an esoteric practice in the tarot that helps her light the bright fire of her creative genius. When travel documents come through, Remedios and Benjamin flee to Mexico where she is reunited with friend and fellow painter Leonora Carrington. Together, the women tap into their creativity, stake their independence, and each find their true loves. But it is the tarot that enables them to access the transcendent that lies on the other side of consciousness and to become the truest Surrealists of all."--,FantasticFiction.com.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

McMillan, C. (2023). Alchemy of a blackbird: a novel (First Atria Books hardcover edition.). Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McMillan, Claire. 2023. Alchemy of a Blackbird: A Novel. Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McMillan, Claire. Alchemy of a Blackbird: A Novel Atria Books, 2023.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

McMillan, Claire. Alchemy of a Blackbird: A Novel First Atria Books hardcover edition., Atria Books, 2023.

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