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The Mirror (Paperback, Main)
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The Mirror (Paperback, Main)
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Erik Satie - composer, dandy, eccentric - is dead. Told to select
one memory to take with him into the afterlife, he finds himself in
limbo with a community of the deceased, looking back at his
fifty-nine years for their most precious moments. Evenings of
absinthe at the Chat Noir? Friendships with Debussy, Duchamp and
Man Ray? What of his great musical triumphs and disasters? How will
he choose his own legacy before silent whiteness descends? Venice,
1511. In the convent of Sant' Alvise, Oliva is about to take the
veil and become a bride of Christ. When her world is shaken -
first, literally, by an earthquake, and then, spiritually, by
forces that threaten to change the convent for ever - she begins to
ask questions about her faith and her future. When she agrees to
sit for Signor Avilo, the renowned portrait painter, he brings with
him a diabolical object: a mirror. And reflections can be
dangerous. Told with playful elegance, these are two utterly
original tales of art and devotion, of religious and creative
fervour. They contemplate the eternal in different ways - one
examining a life only just beginning, tentatively; the other a life
lived without compromise as it reaches its close.
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Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2015 |
Authors: |
Richard Skinner
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
336 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-30508-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-571-30508-3 |
Barcode: |
9780571305087 |
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