Light by Figes Eva (76 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Monet in his garden at Giverny is the subject of this book. The author describes the changing light, the intensifying, somnolent heat of a summer's day, and its sinking back into the cool quiet of dusk. Other works by the author include "Winter Journey" and "Patriarchial Attitudes". A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Boards are very bowed. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. "I have never read a text which goes even half as far as this one in expressing the particular poignancy which lay at the heart of the impressionist movement. I say this as an art critic. As a novelist I would simply like to pay my tribute to the mastery of language, portraiture and storytelling which Figes has now at her command." - John Berger"A small masterpiece" - Susan Hill "A luminous prose poem" - Joyce Carol OatesThis shimmering novel is an extraordinary portrait of a day in the life of an artist at work and at home. In prose as luminous as the colours Monet is using to portray his garden, Eva Figes guides us from dawn ('midnight blueblack growing grey and misty') through midday ('the sun was high now. shrinking what little shadow remained, fading colours, the pink rambler roses on the fence by the railway track looked almost white') to evening ('the tide of shadows rising as the sunset glow faded outside.') Monet's wife, grieving for a lost daughter; a living daughter, fretting that she will not be able to marry the man she loves; their friend the abbé, eating and drinking with them; two children playing, closest to Monet in the freshness and certainty of their vision; all experiencing in different ways the richness of the light that Monet works unceasingly to pin down in his last, great paintings. …

Paperback. Condition: New. "I have never read a text which goes even half as far as this one in expressing the particular poignancy which lay at the heart of the impressionist movement. I say this as an art critic. As a novelist I would simply like to pay my tribute to the mastery of language, portraiture and storytelling which Figes has now at her command." - John Berger"A small masterpiece" - Susan Hill "A luminous prose poem" - Joyce Carol OatesThis shimmering novel is an extraordinary portrait of a day in the life of an artist at work and at home. In prose as luminous as the colours Monet is using to portray his garden, Eva Figes guides us from dawn ('midnight blueblack growing grey and misty') through midday ('the sun was high now. shrinking what little shadow remained, fading colours, the pink rambler roses on the fence by the railway track looked almost white') to evening ('the tide of shadows rising as the sunset glow faded outside.') Monet's wife, grieving for a lost daughter; a living daughter, fretting that she will not be able to marry the man she loves; their friend the abbé, eating and drinking with them; two children playing, closest to Monet in the freshness and certainty of their vision; all experiencing in different ways the richness of the light that Monet works unceasingly to pin down in his last, great paintings. …

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. I have never read a text which goes even half as far as this one in expressing the particular poignancy which lay at the heart of the impressionist movement. I say this as an art critic. As a novelist I would simply like to pay my tribute to the mastery of language, portraiture and storytelling which Figes has now at her command. John Berger A small masterpiece Susan Hill A luminous prose poem Joyce Carol Oates This shimmering novel is an extraordinary portrait of a day in the life of an artist at work and at home. In prose as luminous as the colours Monet is using to portray his garden, Eva Figes guides us from dawn ('midnight blueblack growing grey and misty') through midday ('the sun was high now shrinking what little shadow remained, fading colours, the pink rambler roses on the fence by the railway track looked almost white') to evening ('the tide of shadows rising as the sunset glow faded outside.') Monet's wife, grieving for a lost daughter; a living daughter, fretting that she will not be able to marry the man she loves; their friend the abbe, eating and drinking with them; two children playing, closest to Monet in the freshness and certainty of their vision; all experiencing in different ways the richness of the light that Monet works unceasingly to pin down in his last, great paintings. AUTHOR: Eva Figes (1932-2012), born in Berlin, moved to England with her family in 1939. She published novels and social theory, including the feminist classic Patriarchal Attitudes. Her two children are the author Kate Figes and the historian Orlando Figes. A day in the life of Monet, a novel as luminous as the colours he is using to portray his garden, in his last, great paintings. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Includes dust jacket. Book & dust jacket show minimal shelf & handling wear. Pages are minimally worn on their external edges. Interiors are intact & crisp with unmarked text/pictures. Good reading copy.