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Keeping the World Away

By Margaret Forster

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Keeping the World Away

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Lost, found, stolen, strayed, sold, fought over... This engrossing, beautifully crafted novel follows the fictional adventures, over a hundred years, of an early 20th-century painting and the women whose lives it touches. It opens with bold, passionate Gwen, struggling to be an artist, leaving for Paris where she becomes Rodin's lover and paints a small, intimate picture of a quiet corner of her attic room. Then there's Charlotte, a dreamy intellectual Edwardian girl, and Stella, Lucasta, Ailsa and finally young Gillian, who share an unspoken desire to have for themselves a tranquil golden place like that in the painting. Quintessential Forster, this is a novel about women's lives, about what it means and what it costs to be both a woman and an artist, and an unusual, compelling look at a beautiful painting and its imagined afterlife.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2007-03-01
Publication Date:
2007-03-01
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099496860
ISBN13:
9780099496861
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
246 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
200 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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