Stern, Steve
The Village Idiot
- ISBN 13:
- 9781685890773
- author:
- Stern, Steve
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Melville House Publishing
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 21.1 x 14 x 3.1 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Jewish, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A 1917 boat race on the Seine sets the stage for Steve Stern's vibrant and irreverent novel about the life of Chaim Soutine. Amidst the chaos of World War I, Soutine's extraordinary talent is matched only by his tumultuous personal life. From his impoverished beginnings in an East European shtetl to his days of patronage by American collector Albert Barnes, Soutine's passion for painting drives him through a series of events that are both exhilarating and perilous. His unlikely friendship with Amedeo Modigliani adds a layer of complexity to this already extraordinary life. Soutine's story is one of unrelenting creativity and struggle, marked by romantic entanglements and artistic triumphs, as well as the darker aspects of his experiences during World War I and the Nazi occupation of France.
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