Absence

Absence
Natasha Lehrer, Lucie Paye
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h198 x 129mm - 150pg
21 Jun 2022 UK
9781739778316
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A masterful debut that dramatizes the role of the unconscious in artistic creation and the power of unconditional love, in a split narrative alternating between two points of view: that of a painter drawn to depict an unknown female figure who keeps on appearing under his brush, and that an anonymous woman addressing letters to an absent loved one. In deeply felt and moving images, Lucie Paye forges an intrigue that tells of redemption and the lies which destroy lives, all the while directing her reader, and her characters, with a deftness reminiscent of the Master of Suspense in Rear Window
' Enigmatic and magnetic' - Le Matricule des Anges; ' Lucie Paye spins a romantic epic in a world where people take time - to write, to linger in a museum, to be absorbed by a detail that transforms their perception of a painting, of life. A novel that joins the eternal literary quest to penetrate the mysteries of art' - AirFrance Madame; ' In her first novel Lucie Paye sets words to the page with a fine brush. . . Nothing is overworked, least of all pain. Paye appreciates the half-lights, and her delicate style favours these nuanced feelings. Within these pages is a melancholy and disquiet in the ' Pessoan' sense of the word, but they are never overcast . . . ' Painters, like writers, are thieves. They transfer and transport landscapes, in their dreams and in their worlds,' wrote painter Kees van Dongen. Rarely have these words seemed so true as when reading this novel, at the confluence of the two art forms. Paye' s novel explores the link between the artist and their work, through the unconscious and the creative process. It also examines the relation of the viewer of a work, projecting emotions and desires onto it - and seeing in it what we want to see. Our personal perspective can distance us from the artist' s own intentions. It doesn' t matter, the main thing is to have felt something, to have been given access to the things of which, without art, we could never have dreamed. ' - Le Figaro Litteraire
Lucie Paye' s debut novel Les coeurs inquiets was published in 2020 to critical acclaim during the first lockdown in France in Editions Gallimard' s prestigious Collection Blanche. Further to her studies at the Ecole du Louvre, she published several works on garden history. She lived in California for several years and now lives in London with her two children.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781739778316
Published: 21 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Les Fugitives
Publisher: Les Fugitives
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 150

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