Exposed
ISBN-13: 9781939931672
Author(s): Jean-Philippe Blondel
Subjects: FYT
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Publisher Imprint: New Vessel Press
Publication Date: 27-06-2019
Format: Paperback / softback
Availability: In stock
£13.99
About the book
A French teacher on the verge of retirement is invited to a glittering opening that showcases the artwork of his former student, who has since become a celebrated painter. This unexpected encounter leads to the older man posing for his portrait. Possibly in the nude. Such personal exposure at close range entails a strange and troubling pact between artist and sitter that prompts both to reevaluate their lives. Blondel, author of the hugely popular novel The 6:41 to Paris, evokes an intimacy of dangerous intensity in a tale marked by profound nostalgia and a reckoning with the past that allows its two characters to move ahead in to the future.