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Bezig met laden... Trick of the Eye (1992)door Jane Stanton Hitchcock
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Trick of the Eye is a book about an artist. The artist thinks that she has control of her life but it is all an illusion. An interesting book with an interesting question. How much of what you see or think you know is really what it is? The book receives four stars in this review and is highly recommended. ( ) Odd little book, primarily about loneliness, disguised as a book about a trompe l'oeil artist and a society matron courting her to paint a ballroom at the matron's elegant (and famous) country home. There were a number of predictable plot twists, a few unexpected ones (including a kicker that is revealed in the last half page of the book), but the last portion of the book (the reveal, so to speak) felt forced/contrived to me, and with more than a touch of creepiness. While it was supposed to clear up much, it ended up making me doubt much of the knowledge gained, and distrust all but one or two of the characters. Though I learned from it, I can't say I liked the story. I prefer my humankind less dysfunctional. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Artist Faith Crowell is nearly forty and feels-with some relief, some regret-that she's now safely past the age of passion, obsessive love, and unsatisfied longings. Concentrating on contenting herself with a solitary life in Manhattan, complete with cat, comfy apartment, and a successful if hardly brilliant career, Faith is shocked when grande dame Frances Griffin drops in to her studio to ask her to paint murals for the ballroom of her legendary Long Island mansion. Flattered, Faith accepts. She eventually learns of the brutal, unsolved murder of Frances's daughter and begins to wonder why she was chosen for this project, why her employer seems intent on confiding all her secrets to her, and what, exactly, lies beneath the surface of Frances Griffin's public life. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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