In the Full Light of the Sun
$40.61
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2019
Summary
In the Full Light of the Sun follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in a devastating scandal of 1930s’ Germany. It tells the story of Emmeline, a wayward, young art student; Julius, an anxious, middle-aged art expert; and a mysterious art dealer named Rachmann who are at the heart of Weimar Berlin at its hedonistic, politically turbulent apogee and are whipped up into excitement over the surprising discovery of thirty-two previously unknown paintings by Vincent van Gogh.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349010823 |
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| ISBN-10: | 034901082X |
| Author: | Clare Clark |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 160mm x 42mm |
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An engrossing read
A completely fascinating novel about the early 20th century art world and its many dubious machinations. Expertly researched, compellingly narrated and full of potent resonance today – William BoydClare Clark casts her spell of time and place with casual elegance and no apparent tricks - yet caught me up in this juicy story of colossal art fraud, the passions and intrigues of her vivid and moving characters - and the truly terrifying rise of the Nazi party, with all its contemporary echoes. The atmosphere of this book lingers on – Laline PaullI loved In the Full Light Of The Sun, a novel about deception, self-deception, truth, love and lies that will enthral anyone fascinated by Van Gogh, the art world and Berlin in the 1920s. Written with verve and assurance it is both engaging and humane – Amanda CraigIn her gripping new novel Clare Clark paints a picture of Weimar Berlinin which surface glitter hides sinister and bitter truths. Page by page she brings secret lives into the light; nothing: not love, not art, not politics, is what it seems, and few escape the brutal forces that emerge – Stella TillyardAn engrossing read * Image magazine *A wonderful novel: passionate, intelligent, humane, it held me from the first page to the last. Van Gogh’s fleeting genius - achingly out of reach, the pull so strong - is wonderfully evoked; and the house of cards that was the Weimar Republic provides the perfectly rendered backdrop for a story about our willingness to deceive in the pursuit of beauty – Rachel SeiffertA fascinating tale … Clark’s historical worlds are meticulously researched * The Times *With great skill and sympathy, Clark evokes a febrile society in which politics, love and art offer no certainties, and the ground always threatens to open beneath her characters’ feet – Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *Clark excels … a gripping and ultimately moving story about art, artifice and authenticity – Neil Armstrong * Mail on Sunday *An irresistible story … as compelling as it is expansive * Guardian *A Vanity Fair of delusion, greed and much suffering, it is brilliantly evoked, sophisticated and beautifully written – Elizabeth Buchan
About The Author
Clare Clark
Clare Clark is the author of six highly acclaimed historical novels, including The Great Stink, Savage Lands (both longlisted for the Orange Prize) and The Nature of Monsters. Born in 1967, she graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a double first in History, and now lives in London with her husband and two children.
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