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The Art Lover: A Novel
What is the power of art in the face of death? In The Art Lover Carole Maso has created an elegant and moving narrative about a woman experiencing (and reliving) the most painful transitions of her life. Caroline, the novel's protagonist, returns to New York after the death of her fatherostensibly to wrap things up and take care of necessary "business"where her memory and imagination conspire to lay before her all her griefs and joys in a rebellious progression. In different voices, employing a collage-like fragmentation, Maso gently unfolds The Art Lover in much the same way the fragile and prehistoric fiddlehead fern unfolds throughout the novel, bringing with subtle grace the ever-entangled feelings of grief and love into full and tender view. Various illustrations throughout.
Book Details
- Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Publish Date: Jun 17th, 2006
- Pages: 260
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.02in - 5.32in - 0.70in - 0.70lb
- EAN: 9780811216296
- Categories: • Literary• Psychological• Political
About the Author
Maso, Carole: - Carole Maso is author of the novels AVA, The American Woman in the Chinese Hat, Ghost Dance, The Art Lover, and Defiance. She has also written several books of nonfiction. Maso is a professor of Literary Arts at Brown University.
Praise for this book
Maso is not content to muse on the relationship between life and art; she brings to life a 'bombardment of images and sounds, ' fashioning a pattern of astonishing complexity and beauty. The tough-mindedness, originality and wit of her perceptions are intoxicating.-- "Publishers Weekly"