I'm enjoying reading non-thriller/mystery books thus far , having "given up" reading that genre until mid April! Here's an historical art novel I'm in the middle of:
Leonora in the Morning Light by Michaela Carter, April 6, 2021
Genre: historical novel, Surrealism
Source: Netgalley
This novel follows the Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington and the art, drama, and romance that defined her coming-of-age during World War II.
Artists like Andre Breton, Pablo Picasso, Lee Miller, Man Ray, and Salvador Dali, are challenging conventional approaches to art and life. Leonora begins a torrid romance with the artist Max Ernst in Paris, until they are forced to flee France at the beginning of the war. (details from the publisher)
Book beginning:
Part I
Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale
Leonora, June 1937, London, England
It was Leonora's first dinner party as a grown woman, and Ursula and she were the hosts. The garden was Ursula's, but the party had been her idea - a garden party lit by the full moon, with white foods and attire because the moonlight called for it, and because Max Ernst was visiting London and had decided to join them.
Page 56:
"Father?" She thought of his fiery eyes, his cheeks ruddy with anger, thought of his parting words, May your shadow never darken my door again. You will die penniless, in a garret. "Is there any other way?"
Would you read on?
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