The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
(Sprache: Englisch)
An utterly gripping story following a trail of art, forgery and deception from 17th century Holland, to 1950s Manhattan and 2000s Sydney. In 1950s New York, 'At the Edge of a Wood, a dark, peculiar painting by an unknown female painter of the Golden Age, is...
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An utterly gripping story following a trail of art, forgery and deception from 17th century Holland, to 1950s Manhattan and 2000s Sydney. In 1950s New York, 'At the Edge of a Wood, a dark, peculiar painting by an unknown female painter of the Golden Age, is stolen. In Brooklyn, art student Ellie agrees to paint a forgery, not realizing that her decision will come to haunt her academic career.
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In the 1600s Sara de Vos, a mother and painter, loses her young daughter suddenly to illness. In her grief, she secretly begins painting a dark landscape of a girl watching an ice skater from the edge of a wood. In 1950s New York, Martin de Groot has At the Edge of a Wood hanging above his bed. Though it is a dark, peculiar painting, by a scarcely known female painter of the Golden Age, he holds the painting dear and when it is stolen, he is bereft. In Brooklyn, struggling art student Ellie Shipley accepts a commission to paint an intricate forgery of de Vos' sole surviving work, not realising that her decision will come to haunt her successful academic career.
Gorgeously written, brilliantly conceived and executed, filled with tension and revelation, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is a superb novel, one of those rare books that stops time as you read it, and one that you will want to keep revisiting for the sheer pleasure of watching a master at work.
Autoren-Porträt von Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith holds an MFA from the University of Texas, Austin. His short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and various other awards. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, such as The Atlantic Monthly. He is the author of three previous novels: The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre, The Beautiful Miscellaneous and Bright and Distant Shores.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Dominic Smith
- 2016, 304 Seiten, Maße: 23,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Allen & Unwin
- ISBN-10: 1925266400
- ISBN-13: 9781925266405
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.04.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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