The Underpainter
by Urquhart, Jane
In Rochester, New York, a seventy-five-year-old artist, Austin Fraser, is creating a new series of paintings recalling the details of his life and of the lives of those individuals who have affected him--his peculiar mother, a young Canadian soldier and china painter, a First World War nurse, the well-known American painter Rockwell Kent, and Sara, a waitress from the wilderness mining settlement of Silver Islet, Ontario, who became Austin?s model and mistress. Spanning more than seven decades, from the turn of the century to the mid-seventies, The Underpainter--in range, in the sheer power of its prose, and in its brilliant depiction of landscape and the geography of imagination--is Jane Urquhart's most accomplished novel to date, with one of the most powerful climaxes in contemporary fiction.
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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. This book is a fictional first-person memoir told in the voice of Austin Fraser, an elderly abstract artist looking back on his life as the 1970s draw to a close. Book is signed by the author on the title page. Book and jacket are both in very good condition with light edgewear and… Read more about this item Item Price
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McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 340 pages. Winner of Canada's highest literary honor, the Governor General's Award. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title.
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking , 1997. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First American Edition (First Thus) With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. The Book Is Bound In Blue Paper Over One Quarter Gray Cloth With Blue Lettering On The Spine. The Book… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. First Canadian Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 340pp. Speckled tan boards with goldstamp of author's monogram on cover, fine gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Colour illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE UNDERPAINTER
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1997. Book. Illus. by John Collier;. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 340 pp. Signed on the title page by Jane Urquhart. Beige boards decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine; headband. Wraparound dustjacket art by John Collier. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1997. Book. Illus. by John Collier;. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 340 pp. Signed on the title page by Jane Urquhart. Beige boards decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine; headband. Wraparound dustjacket art by John Collier. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1997. First printing. Signed by author on title page. Lightly bumped on ends of spine, rubbed along bottom front edge (1 inch) at fore edge, else near fine. DJ lightly wrinkled at head of spine, else fine. Protected in mylar. Winner of the 1997 Governor General's Literary Award for… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1997. Hardcover. near fine. 1st edition. 340pp. Octavo. Original tan cloth with gilt lettering on spine in illustrated dust jacket. Gold GG winner sticker on front of dust jacket. Not Price clipped. near fine Signed by author on title page in blue ink. Governor General's award winner for English Language Fiction in 1997.… Read more about this item Item Price
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