Fountain of St. James Court; or

图书信息

作者	Naslund, Sena Jeter
出版社	William Morrow
ISBN	9780062199454
出版时间	2013-09-17
字数	64.3万
分类	Sena Jeter,William Morrow,进口书,外文原版书,小说

读书简介

"Is it a crime to liveTo create happiness for yourself through your own work?"How do writers and painters get their ideasAnd what are the hard realities of such seemingly glamorous and romantic livesIn her groundbreaking new novel, New York Times bestselling author Sena Jeter Naslund explores the transformative power of art, history, and love in the lives of creative women.It's midnight on St. James Court, at the heart of which is a beautiful fountain sculpture of Venus rising from the sea. Kathryn Callaghan has just finished the first draft of her novel about renowned painter ?lisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, a survivor of the French Revolution who was hated for her sympathetic portraits of Marie Antoinette. Although the manu* is complete, its author remains haunted by ?lisabeth's experiences, which are revealed in Sena Jeter Naslund's ingenious novel-within-a-novel interleaved with the chronicle of a day in the life of Kathryn Callaghan. Despite being separated by time, place, and culture, Kathryn and ?lisabeth possess similar gifts and burdens: uncompromising aesthetic codes, fierce pride in their artistic expression, and unwavering love and sacrifice for their children. And before the next midnight rolls around, Kathryn will have confronted personal danger as frightening as the butchery that ?lisabeth faced during the Reign of Terror. Each woman will be called upon and tested; each will, like Venus, rise triumphantly above the expectations of her world.In this, her compelling and intimate ninth book, Sena Jeter Naslund presents the reader with an eye-opening alternate vision of The Artist: not an angry young man but a woman of age and hard-won experience who has created for herself, against enormous odds, a fulfilling life of thoroughly realized achievement.

目录

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

I. Midnight: Crossing the Court

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

II. Morning Murmurs

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

III. Rites of Autumn

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

IV. Midday: Old Louisville

Fountain

V. In the French Manner

Portrait

VI. A Cello in the Afternoon

Fountain

VII. The Art of Living

Portrait

VIII. A Cello in the Afternoon

Fountain

IX. Vignettes

Portrait

X. Louveciennes; or, An Old Woman Among Spring Trees

Portrait

XI. Vignettes: Italy

Portrait

XII. Nightfall

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

Portrait

Fountain

P.S. Insights, Interviews & More . . .*

About the author

About the book

Read on

Acknowledgments

Praise

Also by Sena Jeter Naslund

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher