Painting Time
Seiten
2022
Quercus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78747-953-1 (ISBN)
Quercus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78747-953-1 (ISBN)
A highly original coming-of-age story: the artistic and emotional apprenticeship of a young decorative painter, from the award-winning author of Mend the Living
"Maylis de Kerangal conjures the same painterly realism her characters hope to achieve in paint" London Magazine
"Evocative and exhilerating" Booklist
"Maylis de Kerangal is mining a rich and individual seam" TImes Literary Supplement
Behind the ornate doors of the Institut de Peinture in Brussels, Kate, Jonas and Paula begin their apprenticeship in decorative painting, the art of visual deception. An intense year of study will cement a friendship that lasts long after their formal education ends.
Paula's initiation into trompe l'oeil will take her back through time and place as she strives for perfection. From her work on the film sets of Cinecittà to the prehistoric caves of Lascaux, her experiences will transcend artistic endeavour and gradually reveal something of her own inner world and the secret, unreachable desires of her heart.
This is a coming-of-age novel like no other: an atmospheric and highly aesthetic portrayal of love, art and craftsmanship from the prize-winning author of Birth of a Bridge and Mend the Living.
Translated from the French by Jessica Moore
"Maylis de Kerangal conjures the same painterly realism her characters hope to achieve in paint" London Magazine
"Evocative and exhilerating" Booklist
"Maylis de Kerangal is mining a rich and individual seam" TImes Literary Supplement
Behind the ornate doors of the Institut de Peinture in Brussels, Kate, Jonas and Paula begin their apprenticeship in decorative painting, the art of visual deception. An intense year of study will cement a friendship that lasts long after their formal education ends.
Paula's initiation into trompe l'oeil will take her back through time and place as she strives for perfection. From her work on the film sets of Cinecittà to the prehistoric caves of Lascaux, her experiences will transcend artistic endeavour and gradually reveal something of her own inner world and the secret, unreachable desires of her heart.
This is a coming-of-age novel like no other: an atmospheric and highly aesthetic portrayal of love, art and craftsmanship from the prize-winning author of Birth of a Bridge and Mend the Living.
Translated from the French by Jessica Moore
Maylis de Kerangal spent her childhood in Le Havre, France. Her novel, Birth of a Bridge, was the winner of the Prix Franz Hessel and Prix Médicis in 2010. In 2014, her fifth novel, Mend the Living, was published to wide acclaim in France, winning the Grand Prix RTL-Lire award and the student choice novel of the year from France Culture and Télèrama. In the UK, Mend the Living was longlisted for the Booker International Prize in 2016, and won the Wellcome Book Prize in 2017 - only the second novel and the first work in translation ever to do so.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.03.2022 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | Jessica Moore |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 205 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78747-953-6 / 1787479536 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78747-953-1 / 9781787479531 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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