Light: Monet at Giverny: A Novel

by Eva Figes

Book Overview

"I have never read a text which goes even half as far as this one in expressing the particular poignancy which lay at the heart of the impressionist movement. I say this as an art critic. As a novelist I would simply like to pay my tribute to the mastery of language, portraiture and storytelling which Figes has now at her command." John Berger ?Reprinted for the first time in nearly 25 years, this shimmering short novel gives an extraordinary portrait...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843680009
• ISBN13: 9781843680000
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Pallas Athene
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

lyrical look at day in life of Monet

Eva Figes plays with the theme of light in this novel describing a day of Monet's life at Giverny in the way that Monet played with light on canvas... with a deft and endearing touch.