The Portrait - Couverture souple

Otten, Willem Jan

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ISBN 10 : 1922247537 ISBN 13 : 9781922247537

Editeur : Scribe Publications, 2014

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

The Portrait is an ingenious novel from one of Holland's greatest living writers. Reminiscent of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, it is narrated by a canvas - a key eye-witness to, and participant in, an extraordinary story. A young painter, loved for his fine and true-to-life portraits, receives a commission that is unlike any he's had before: make a portrait of a dead boy. 'You will save a life with it,' says the boy's extremely rich father. But who was the boy?Why is he dead? Why, when the painting is finished, does the father not come to collect it? And why does the artist undertake this painting? In a breathtaking feat, Willem Jan Otten plays with secrets and riddles that the reader can only unravel at the very end. Masterfully translated by the award winning David Colmer, Otten here demonstrates his rare gifts to English readers for the first time.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Willem Jan Otten, who was born in 1951, is a multi-award-winning Dutch poet, essayist, playwright, and novelist. He is the recipient of the 2014 P.C. Hooft Award, a lifetime-achievement award for a Dutch writer. The Portrait, published in Holland as Specht en zoon (Specht and Son), was awarded the prestigious Libris Literary Prize in 2005.

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