Behind the ornate doors of 30, rue du Metal in Brussels, twenty
students begin their apprenticeship in the art of decorative
painting - an art of tricksters and counterfeiters, where each knot
in a plank of wood hides a secret and every vein in a slab of
marble tells a story. Among these students are Kate, Jonas and
Paula Karst. Together, during a relentless year of study, they will
learn the techniques of reproducing materials in paint, whether
animal, vegetable or mineral, and the intensity of their experience
- the long hours in the studio, the late nights, the conversations,
arguments, parties, romances, will cement a friendship that lasts
long after their formal studies end. For Paula, her initiation into
the art of trompe l'oeil will take her back through time, from her
own childhood memories, to the ancient formations of the materials
whose depiction she strives to master. And from the institute in
Brussels where her studies begin, to her work on the film sets of
Cinecitta, and finally the caves of Lascaux, her experiences will
transcend art, gradually revealing something of her own inner
world, and the secret, unspoken, unreachable desires of her heart.
A coming-of-age novel like no other; an atmospheric, imaginative,
highly aesthetic portrayal of love, art and craftsmanship from the
acclaimed author of Birth of a Bridge and Mend the Living.
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