The Swan Thieves
by Elizabeth Kostova | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 031606579X Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 031606579X Global Overview for this book
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Picked up at The Book Thing of Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Andrew Marlowe, psychiatrist, tracks down the three major women in the life of painter Robert Oliver to figure out why the man attacked a painting in the National Portrait Gallery. His wife (Kate) and his mistress (Mary) both tell abridged versions of their life stories, which are interesting but not especially relevant. Interspersed are letters from 1879 between a young painter (Beatrice) and her husband's uncle (Olivier). The ending is long in coming but predictable nonetheless, and somehow unsatisfying as well. That said, I very much enjoyed this book, if only for the passionate descriptions of painting, both the act and the appreciation of. It filled me with a longing to paint, to draw, even just to visit an art gallery. Sure, the story didn't really go anywhere, but for once that didn't bother me. Still, I'm not sure who I'd recommend this to - maybe a struggling artist in need of inspiration. It certainly inspired me.
Dr. Andrew Marlowe, psychiatrist, tracks down the three major women in the life of painter Robert Oliver to figure out why the man attacked a painting in the National Portrait Gallery. His wife (Kate) and his mistress (Mary) both tell abridged versions of their life stories, which are interesting but not especially relevant. Interspersed are letters from 1879 between a young painter (Beatrice) and her husband's uncle (Olivier). The ending is long in coming but predictable nonetheless, and somehow unsatisfying as well. That said, I very much enjoyed this book, if only for the passionate descriptions of painting, both the act and the appreciation of. It filled me with a longing to paint, to draw, even just to visit an art gallery. Sure, the story didn't really go anywhere, but for once that didn't bother me. Still, I'm not sure who I'd recommend this to - maybe a struggling artist in need of inspiration. It certainly inspired me.
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Melydia
at Day Of The Book (Street Festival) On Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland USA on Sunday, April 10, 2016
Melydia at Day Of The Book (Street Festival) On Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland USA on Sunday, April 10, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (4/24/2016 UTC) at Day Of The Book (Street Festival) On Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland USA
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This book will be available at the 2016 Day of the Book festival in Kensington, Maryland.
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