A compelling tale of art, love and war... A man lives alone in a
watchtower by the sea. On the circular walls of the tower he is
painting a grand mural - the timeless landscape of a battle. He is
a former war photographer, and the painting is his attempt to
capture the photo he was never able to take; to encapsulate, in an
instant, the meaning of war. But one day a stranger knocks on his
door and announces that he has come to kill him. The man is a
shadow from his past, one of the myriad faces of war, and now the
consequences of his actions are brought home to him. As the novel
progresses, the story of both the soldier and the artist emerge,
entwined with a doomed love affair, and the progress of a painting
that is infused with the history of art. Intense and turbulent this
is a book about art, war, love and the human capacity for both
violence and empathy. It asks very profound questions about human
nature and the role of the artist, but it is also has the intensity
of a psychological thriller as the painter trades stories with the
man who has come to kill him - like the Knight playing chess with
Death in the Seventh Seal....
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