pickAn artist living on an isolated island off the coast of Brittany just before WWI is visited by an eminent art critic, who used to be his mentor and now wants his portrait painted.
A series of monologues from the artist to the sitter while he's painting explore what has brought them that point. Although the ending is fairly predictable early on it is only in the last 30 pages that we learn the motivation behind it. Something of a tour de force.
I had to google rock and roll books 😆 and this one that‘s been on my shelves for a while came up on a few lists so obvious choice! And the song was the first one I thought of - love the whole album 🎶 #titlesandtunes
So I‘ve already read my book choice, but it‘s perfect for this prompt, AND the series was SO good. Plus, it introduced me to Patti Smith‘s “Dancing Barefoot,” my first choice for #SexDrugsAndRockNRoll. And I had to pick a Led Zeppelin song - “Going to California.” 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻💚💚💚 #TitlesAndTunes
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Just realised I am late to the party. Grabbed this from the top of my reading pile.
#bargainbuy
so-soA bit of an oddball novella this one, but with lots of tidbits about French libraries.
"there was one thing they didn't manage to do, in the [French] Revolution.... the Big Catalogue. In 1789, they confiscated 12m books from the aristocrats and the clergy, and they thought they'd distribute them to public libraries. That's a terrific idea. You have to give them that. Admit it... But alas, if you want to know the rest, they never got round to it."
From #Vogue — enjoy! https://apple.news/ADZ5J-yrBTk22ZlgubvQ_dg
