All the Colour in the World

C.S. Richardson

ISBN 10: 1039003516 / ISBN 13: 9781039003514

Edité par Knopf Canada, 2023

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N° de réf. du vendeur 1039003516-3-34639122

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• Titre: All the Colour in the World
• Éditeur: Knopf Canada
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1039003516
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781039003514
• Reliure: hardcover
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 10 onces

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The story of the restorative power of art in one man's life, set against the sweep of the twentieth century--from Toronto in the '20s and '30s, through the killing fields of World War II, to 1960s Sicily."Bold and resplendent. . . . Leave it to CS Richardson to find a way to paint with words." --Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The MaidHenry, born 1916, thin-as-sticks, nearsighted, is an obsessive doodler--copying illustrations from his Boy's Own magazines. Left in the care of a nurturing, Shakespeare-quoting grandmother, eight-year-old Henry receives as a gift his first set of colouring pencils (and a pocket knife for the sharpening). As he commits these colours to memory--cadmium yellow; burnt ochre; deep scarlet red--a passion for art, colour, and the stories of the great artists takes hold, and becomes Henry's unique way of seeing the world. It is a passion that will both haunt and sustain him on his journey through the from boyhood dreams on a summer beach to the hothouse of art academia and a love cut short by tragedy; from the psychological wounds of war to the redemption of unexpected love.Projected against a backdrop of iconic masterpieces--from the rich hues of the European masters to the technicolour magic of Hollywood-- All the Colour in the World is Henry's part miscellany, part memory palace, exquisitely precise with the emotional sweep of a great modern romance.