Luncheon of the Boating Party

Vreeland, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670038547 ISBN 13: 9780670038541

Publisher: Viking Books, 2007

Meeting his closest friends for a summer lunch on a café terrace along the Seine, master Impressionist painter Auguste Renoir undertakes the most challenging project of his career while struggling with the issues that are polarizing post-Franco-Paris War France. 100,000 first printing.

Review:

aVreelandas most ambitious book yet.a
a"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
aIf a trip to Paris is a bit outside of your price range, Vreelandas new novel is the next best thing.a
a"Parade"
aA masterwork.a
a"The San Diego Union-Tribune"
aExquisitely wrought . . . this summeras most satisfying historical novel.a
a"The Seattle Times"
aVreeland takes the big bold brush strokes of Renoiras personal and artistic oeuvre and displays them with her usual vividness in this eponymous novel. . . . Sensual and provocative.a
a"The Baltimore Sun"

Vreeland s most ambitious book yet.
"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
If a trip to Paris is a bit outside of your price range, Vreeland s new novel is the next best thing.
"Parade"
A masterwork.
"The San Diego Union-Tribune"
Exquisitely wrought . . . this summer s most satisfying historical novel.
"The Seattle Times"
Vreeland takes the big bold brush strokes of Renoir s personal and artistic oeuvre and displays them with her usual vividness in this eponymous novel. . . . Sensual and provocative.
"The Baltimore Sun"

?Vreeland's most ambitious book yet.?
?"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

?If a trip to Paris is a bit outside of your price range, Vreeland's new novel is the next best thing.?
?"Parade"

?A masterwork.?
?"The San Diego Union-Tribune"

?Exquisitely wrought . . . this summer's most satisfying historical novel.?
?"The Seattle Times"

?Vreeland takes the big bold brush strokes of Renoir's personal and artistic oeuvre and displays them with her usual vividness in this eponymous novel. . . . Sensual and provocative.?
?"The Baltimore Sun"

About the Author:

Susan Vreeland is the internationally renowned bestselling author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue, The Passion of Artemisia, The Forest Lover, and a collection of stories, Life Studies. Her novels have been translated into twenty-five languages.