The Last Painting of Sara de Vos (eBook)

Dominic Smith (Autor)

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2017 | Main
384 Seiten
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-925268-63-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Longlisted for the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction In the 1600s Sara de Vos loses her young daughter suddenly to illness. In her grief, she secretly begins painting a dark landscape of a girl watching a group of ice skaters from the edge of a wood. In 1950s New York, Martijn de Groot has At the Edge of a Wood hanging above his bed. Though it is a dark, peculiar painting, he holds it 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 the painting, 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 one of those rare books that stops time as you read it. This is a novel you will want to revisit for the sheer pleasure of watching a master at work.

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. More information can be found on his website: www.dominicsmith.net

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: Amsterdam • Art Forgery • art thief • art thieves • beautiful miscellaneous • books about art • bright and distant shores • Brooklyn • days without end • Donna Tartt • essex serpent • geraldine brooks • girl with a pearl earring • goldfinch • jessie burton • Margaret Drabble • mercury visions of louis daguerre • New York • New York Times Bestseller • NYT Bestseller • Patrick Gale • sarah perry • Sebastian Barry • Sydney • The Muse • Tracy Chevalier
• ISBN-10: 1-925268-63-2 / 1925268632
• ISBN-13: 978-1-925268-63-8 / 9781925268638