The Portrait

Iain Pears (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2005
HarperPerennial (Verlag)
978-0-00-720277-5 (ISBN)

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A dark and disturbing novel of suspense, set at the turn of the 20th century, by the bestselling author of An Instance of the Fingerpost. The windswept isle of Houat, off the coast of Brittany, is no picturesque artists' colony. At the turn of the twentieth century, life is harsh and rustic. So why did Henry MacAlpine forsake London - where he had been feted by critics and gallery owners, his works exhibited alongside the likes of Cezanne and Van Gogh - to make his home in this remote outpost? The truth begins to emerge when, four years into his exile, MacAlpine receives his first visitor. Influential art critic William Naysmith has come to the island to sit for a portrait. Over the course of the sitting, the power balance between the two men shifts dramatically as the critic whose pen could anoint or destroy careers becomes a passive subject. And as the painter struggles to capture Nasmith's true character on canvas, a story unfolds - one of betrayal, hypocrisy, forbidden love, suicide and ultimately murder. The Portrait is a darkly atmospheric, psychologically complex, macabre and chilling novel from a master storyteller.

Iain Pears was born in 1955, educated at Wadham College, Oxford and won the Getty Scholarship to Yale University. He has worked as a journalist, an art historian and a television consultant. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling An Instance of the Fingerpost and The Dream Of Scipio. He lives with his wife and son in Oxford.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.7.2005
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	142 x 195 mm
Gewicht	280 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-00-720277-6 / 0007202776
ISBN-13	978-0-00-720277-5 / 9780007202775
Zustand	Neuware