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The Artist of the Missing Paperback - 1999

by Paul LaFarge; Stephen Alcorn (Illustrator)

A young artist arrives in the city, hoping to unravel the mystery of his parents' disappearance, he meets and falls in love with Prudence, a forensic photographer whose pictures reveal the secrets of the dead. 12 illustrations.


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A haunting novel, The Artist of the Missing is a stunning debut from Paul La Farge, both a richly imagined evocation of another world and a piercing examination of the mystery of love--beautifully illustrated by the acclaimed artist Stephen Alcorn.

Frank, a young artist, arrives in the city hoping to unravel the mystery of his parents' disappearance. He begins working as a washer of robes at a hotel for itinerant judges. There he meets and falls in love with Prudence, a forensic photographer whose pictures reveal the secrets of the dead. When Prudence disappears, Frank sets out in search of her, a quest that leads him into the shadowy world of a revolutionary salon, then to prison, and finally to discover the city's strange secrets and the secrets of his own heart. A visionary novel about love, loss, imagination, and despair.

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  • Title The Artist of the Missing
  • Author Paul LaFarge; Stephen Alcorn (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-06-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780374525804 / 0374525803
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.26 x 5.55 x 0.8 in (20.98 x 14.10 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98032152
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/15/1999, Page 1669
  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/01/1999, Page 654
  • New York Times, 07/04/1999, Page 21
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/03/1999, Page 64

About the author

Paul La Farge (1970 - 2023) was the author of the novels The Artist of the Missing, Haussmann, or the Distinction, Luminous Airplanes, The Night Ocean, and a book of imaginary dreams, The Facts of Winter. His novels and stories "defied easy categorization", according to the New York Times. His fiction and nonfiction appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, Conjunctions, The Believer, Bookforum, and elsewhere. He lived in upstate New York. Stephen Alcorn studied printmaking in Italy and illustrated the Modern Library series. He is the 1998 recipient of the Carter G. Woodson Book Award.

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