For all their thematic elaboration, Ms. Byatt's stories in "The Matisse Stories" do not feel contrived or didactic. On the contrary, her characters are credible, their encounters authentically complex, their environments vividly delineated. Indeed, these stories are unusually painterly in their particulars of form, color and shadow....These stories are all about human beings: about how little we can know (or may care to know) about the people with whom we spend our lives, and how tragic the results of that ignorance (or indifference) can be. -- New York Times
In this elegant set of stories, three modern women are touched in different ways by the paintings of Henri Matisse.
In “Medusa's Ankles,” a distinguished translator visits a hair salon hoping to regain a hint of her youthful looks. Hung on the wall before her is one of Matisse's iconic portraits.
In “Art Works,” the three inhabitants of one household-a generous wife, her petulant husband, and their regal housekeeper-make very different artists.
And in “The Chinese Lobster,” a self-tortured, anorexic art student confronts the smug opulence of Matisse's nudes while pondering suicide.
In this elegant set of stories, three modern women are touched in different ways by the paintings of Henri Matisse.
In “Medusa's Ankles,” a distinguished translator visits a hair salon hoping to regain a hint of her youthful looks. Hung on the wall before her is one of Matisse's iconic portraits.
In “Art Works,” the three inhabitants of one household-a generous wife, her petulant husband, and their regal housekeeper-make very different artists.
And in “The Chinese Lobster,” a self-tortured, anorexic art student confronts the smug opulence of Matisse's nudes while pondering suicide.
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940169545616 |
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Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
Publication date: | 10/29/2009 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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