Genre-bending narrative: Offers a unique fusion of literature and drama for fresh storytelling
Innovative structure: Uses fresco technique to create a layered, multi-faceted audiobook experience
Dual timelines: Weaves two distinct historical and contemporary stories for depth and richness
Playful and moving tone: Blends humor and compassion to engage listeners on multiple levels
Award-winning author: Features a Booker Prize finalist and NYT bestselling author
Summarized by Shop
A novel all about art's versatility, borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take. How to be both is a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions. There's a Renaissance artist of the 1460s. There's the child of a child of the 1960s. Two tales of love and injustice
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