The Love-Artist - Softcover

Alison, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312420064 ISBN 13: 9780312420062

Publisher: Picador USA, 2002

Synopsis

Ovid encounters an almost otherworldly woman on the fringes of the Black Sea, who seems to embody the fictitious creations of his latest work, and becoming obsessed and flush with inspiration, he takes her back to Rome, but the pull of ambition leads him to bargain with fate and betray his newfound muse. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"A small, twinkling jewel of a novel...wonderfully seductive...[Alison] has found a voice, at once modern and archaic, lyrical and potent, that mesmerizes the reader." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times" "Stunning...a swirling parable that touches on the opposed sorceries of art and magic, on tyranny and rebellion, and on the struggle of male and female." --Richard Eder, "The New York Times Book Review" "Exquisitely direct and moving...a powerful love story." --Michael Sheldon, "Baltimore Sun" "Brings alive Ovid's genius for poetry and savage thirst for immortality." --Deirdre Donahue, "USA Today"

About the Author:

Jane Alison has a degree in classics from Princeton University and an M.F.A. from Columbia University. She lives in Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador USA
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0312420064
• ISBN 13: 9780312420062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242