The God of Spring - Hardcover

Edge, Arabella

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 074329484X ISBN 13: 9780743294843

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2007

Synopsis

A tale inspired by the life of early nineteenth-century Romantic painter Théodore Géricault traces the creation of one of his most controversial and sensational works, Raft of the Medusa, a process during which he makes the two survivors of an infamous French frigate his muses. 35,000 first printing.

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Review

"Edge brings Ge ricault and his masterpiece, "The Raft of the Medusa," to vivid life in an engrossing read that probes the depths of human cruelty."

-- Cecily Ryan, "The Daily Telegraph" (Sydney, Australia)

"Page-turning and substantial, a rare combination." -- John Harding, "Daily Mail" (London)

"Arabella Edge describes the extremes of human emotion here with empathy and panache." -- Warren Brewer, "Hobart Mercury" (Australia)

"A thoughtful and richly imagined story about the darker aspects of the artistic process and the costs of obsession." -- "Publishers Weekly"

"A one-sitting read...So well told and so perfectly realized that it expresses the struggle of all artists to create." -- Wendy Bethel, "Library Journal" (starred review)

"A gripping novel of artistic obsession [that] capture[s] some awesome truth about the plight of the human condition....This is art history on fire." -- Ron Charles, "The Washington Post"

"Intensely pictorial, keenly sensitive to the artist's eye for color, form, and the swirling context of humanity and landscape that feeds his hungry imagination." -- "Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)

"A gripping novel of artistic obsession...Transcend[s] the details of this particular disaster to capture some awesome truth about the plight of the human condition...This is art history on fire." -- Ron Charles, "The Washington Post Book World"

"Edge's subject is rich with fascination...The writing takes on a compelling vividness that keeps the pages turning.... You come away from The God of Spring thinking of art, politics and the sheer strangeness of things." -- Juliette Hughes, "The Sydney Morning Herald"

"The brilliant research and excellent pacing by the author of the awardwinning "The Company" make this a one-sitting read. This portrait of the author's torment is so well told and so perfectly realized that it expresses the struggle of all artists to create." -- Wendy Bethel, "Library Journal Reviews" (starred review)

About the Author

Arabella Edge read English literature at the University of Bristol in the UK and moved to Australia in 1992. With her husband, Nick Gaze, she now divides her time between Sydney and Bicheno, on Tasmania's east coast. Her first novel, The Company, won the Best First Book in the 2001 Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the South East Asia and South Pacific Region and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074329484X
• ISBN 13: 9780743294843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340