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THE SWAN THIEVES.
by Kostova, Elizabeth
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- first
- Condition
- Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new) A very attractive presentation, this is still in the original blue net bag, with a
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About This Item
Boston:: Little Brown,, (2010). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new) A very attractive presentation, this is still in the original blue net bag, with a blue ribbon gathering at top. Includes a letter from the publisher and a promotional brochure. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A psychological thriller about an obsessed artist, set in both the modern world and in late 19th France - "A haunting novel of art and obsession. A mystery spanning continents and centuries. A love story that crosses the ultimate border." 565 pp.
Synopsis
Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism. Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. THE SWAN THIEVES is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 89044
- Title
- THE SWAN THIEVES.
- Author
- Kostova, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- New
- Publisher
- Little Brown,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- (2010)
- Keywords
- art, obsession, psychiatrist, arc, uncorrected proof,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
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