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A novel which employs the short, tormented life of the Austrian expressionist painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918) as the inspiration for an exploration of art, genius, madness and society. It is a fictionalized account of a tortured genius and an evocation of fin-de-siecle Vienna.
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" A haunting success...a dazzling literary performance."--"The Washington Post"
"Joanna Scott's literary material...are deployed in sensuous, provocative patterns. They resound with rich experiences and intriguing perceptions."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Arrogance, beyond the sheer brilliance of Scott's handling of disparate voices, changing milieus and tangled dates... manages to portray with skill and candor the imaginations, desires, and fears of people whose stories are as timely and important as today' s headlines."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
“A haunting success...a dazzling literary performance."--"The Washington Post"
"Joanna Scott's literary material...are deployed in sensuous, provocative patterns. They resound with rich experiences and intriguing perceptions."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Arrogance, beyond the sheer brilliance of Scott's handling of disparate voices, changing milieus and tangled dates... manages to portray with skill and candor the imaginations, desires, and fears of people whose stories are as timely and important as today’s headlines."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"A haunting success...a dazzling literary performance."--"The Washington Post"
"Joanna Scott's literary material...are deployed in sensuous, provocative patterns. They resound with rich experiences and intriguing perceptions."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Arrogance, beyond the sheer brilliance of Scott's handling of disparate voices, changing milieus and tangled dates... manages to portray with skill and candor the imaginations, desires, and fears of people whose stories are as timely and important as today's headlines."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
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"Joanna Scott's literary material...are deployed in sensuous, provocative patterns. They resound with rich experiences and intriguing perceptions."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Arrogance, beyond the sheer brilliance of Scott's handling of disparate voices, changing milieus and tangled dates... manages to portray with skill and candor the imaginations, desires, and fears of people whose stories are as timely and important as today' s headlines."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
“A haunting success...a dazzling literary performance."--"The Washington Post"
"Joanna Scott's literary material...are deployed in sensuous, provocative patterns. They resound with rich experiences and intriguing perceptions."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Arrogance, beyond the sheer brilliance of Scott's handling of disparate voices, changing milieus and tangled dates... manages to portray with skill and candor the imaginations, desires, and fears of people whose stories are as timely and important as today’s headlines."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"A haunting success...a dazzling literary performance."--"The Washington Post"
"Joanna Scott's literary material...are deployed in sensuous, provocative patterns. They resound with rich experiences and intriguing perceptions."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Arrogance, beyond the sheer brilliance of Scott's handling of disparate voices, changing milieus and tangled dates... manages to portray with skill and candor the imaginations, desires, and fears of people whose stories are as timely and important as today's headlines."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
A haunting success...a dazzling literary performance. "The Washington Post"
Joanna Scott's literary material...are deployed in sensuous, provocative patterns. They resound with rich experiences and intriguing perceptions. "The New York Times Book Review"
Arrogance, beyond the sheer brilliance of Scott's handling of disparate voices, changing milieus and tangled dates... manages to portray with skill and candor the imaginations, desires, and fears of people whose stories are as timely and important as today's headlines. "San Francisco Chronicle""
"A haunting success...a dazzling literary performance." --The Washington Post
"Joanna Scott's literary material...are deployed in sensuous, provocative patterns. They resound with rich experiences and intriguing perceptions." --The New York Times Book Review
"Arrogance, beyond the sheer brilliance of Scott's handling of disparate voices, changing milieus and tangled dates... manages to portray with skill and candor the imaginations, desires, and fears of people whose stories are as timely and important as today's headlines." --San Francisco Chronicle
Joanna Scott is the author of several books of fiction, including the novels Tourmaline and The Manikin. She is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Lannan Award, and lives with her family in Rochester, New York.
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- PublisherLittle, Brown
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0356197778
- ISBN 13 9780356197777
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages286
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