{"product_id":"the-hidden-portrait-laura-martznez-belli-9781662537455","title":"The Hidden Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Empress\u003c\/i\u003e comes a sweeping historical novel and Cold War thriller that reimagines the fate of Frida Kahlo's mysterious missing masterpiece as a Soviet secretary risks her life to save it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn postwar Moscow, Soviet secretary Olga Simonova is instructed to destroy a painting from Mexico by Diego Rivera's wife, Frida Kahlo. Her boss condemns the surrealist depiction of a woman's suffering as bourgeois and anti-Soviet. Once a painter herself, Olga has experienced devastating losses and oppression by the Soviet regime, and she identifies with the anguish in Kahlo's self-portrait. She secretly resolves to rescue the painting, even though her decision could cost her dearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfound betrayal motivates Frida to paint \u003ci\u003eThe Wounded Table\u003c\/i\u003e, and when she decides to donate it to the USSR, her husband is happy to see it go. While experiencing chronic pain and a troubled marriage, Frida struggles to express herself as an artist in her own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfolding in dual timelines, \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e spans 1930s Mexico to Cold War Berlin as Laura Martínez-Belli reimagines the fate of Kahlo's lost masterpiece and explores the risks each woman dares to take to preserve beauty and truth in a hostile world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(c) 2023, 2026 by Laura Martínez-Belli, all rights reserved. Translation (c) 2026 by Thomas Bunstead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Martínez-Belli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 166253745X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662537455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon Crossing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Laura Martínez-Belli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997488787711,"sku":"9781662537455","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hidden-portrait-laura-martznez-belli-9781662537455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}