Painting From Life by Anne Brooke
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TITLE: Painting From Life
AUTHOR: Anne Brooke
ISBN: 9781926647791
PUBLISHER: Eternal Press
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BOOK BLURB:
Love is never what you think. When a painter goes beyond the degree of intimacy that provides the connection between him and his newly-discovered muse, he is forced to undergo a re-evaluation of the true meaning of love. In a strange twist on the Dorian Gray theme, perhaps the artist steals the subject's essence as love and art meld into one.
BOOK REVIEW:
This short story is lyrical, fluid, and quietly unsettling; the style perfectly suited to its subject ~ an artist's obsession, the end of a marriage, the evolution of a relationship between elderly Peter and the unnamed protagonist that defies classification. That relationship is intense, deep-rooted, life-changing, but every attempt to label it is rejected ~ the artist denies that it is sexual, Peter denies that it is filial, but the two of them are drawn together, their lives entwining to the exclusion of everything and everyone else.
A masterful piece of writing, and a haunting story that lingers in my memory.
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