La corsa del vento
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Fin da bambina Jennet si nascondeva dietro la testiera del letto per disegnare sul muro con i tizzoni spenti. E fin da bambina la sua passione per l’arte è assoluta, totale, al punto da renderla un’estranea alla sua stessa famiglia: al padre sacerdote, alla madre preda di vecchie frustrazioni, alla sorella dall’indole convenzionale. Per un’artista di così grande talento non è semplice dividere tempo e spazio neppure con la famiglia che formerà per sé, con il marito David, a sua volta pittore, ansioso soprattutto di non vedersi rubare la scena da un’esile donna più dotata di lui, e i tre figli. Verranno poi i collezionisti esigenti, gli amanti forsennati o in fuga: ma nessuno mai si frapporrà davvero tra Jennet e la sua arte sapiente, capace di trasformare tele e pareti in capolavori del nostro tempo. Acclamatissimo romanzo di esordio di Francesca Kay, La corsa del vento ha vinto il prestigioso Orange Award for New Writers.
- ISBN: 8833926176
- Casa Editrice: Bollati Boringhieri
- Pagine: 216
- Data di uscita: 15-01-2015
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Absolutely superb...lyrical and utterly compelling. This is a book to treasure. A truly remarkable debut.
4.5 stars really A book unlike any I have ever read. At points sublime in its description of art and soul-searing accuracy of moments in life. I related to much, in a deep, visceral way, as if she was writing of my life, rather than a fictional biography of a fictional artist. The vista of a woman’s Leggi tutto
I finished this book this morning. It is one of the best I've read in a while. Kay's description of light, colour and place are beautiful. I rarely consider rereading a book. I may well reread this one.
Portrait of the Artist as 20th-century Woman The way an artistic biography is taken up here, without chapters, and shaped by the conventional trappings of a novel, has the reader toying with whether adroit brush flicks or fine pen play have produced this remarkable portrait of an artist. Jenner Mallo Leggi tutto
I'm old enough to remember a time when professional women struggled against impossible odds to balance career and family life. Add a husband who is worried that his wife is more talented as an artist than he is and the odds get even longer. This is a good novel. It does pale at times, especially beca Leggi tutto
What really struck me about this story was the moments in which the narrative focused on pieces on art and described them in such a way I really had a sense of them. It's hard to describe a painting, to put into words all that you see and feel when looking at a painting but it is so well done
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