
The Portrait
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Narrated by:
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Simon Vance
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By:
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Iain Pears
Reminiscing with ease and familiarity one minute, with anger and menace the next, the painter eventually reveals why he has accepted the commission of this portrait, why he left London suddenly and mysteriously at the height of his success, and why now, with dark determination, he feels ready to return.
Set against the dramatic, untamed landscape of Brittany during one of the most explosive periods in art history, The Portrait is rich with atmosphere and suggestion, psychological complexity, and marvelous detail. It is a novel you will want to begin again immediately after turning the last chilling page, to read once more with a watchful eye and appreciate the hand of an ingenious storyteller at work.
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Critic reviews
"Pears presents a classic unreliable narrator, although the degree of his unreliability is left tantalizingly ambiguous....For those who prefer the subtlety of a small canvas, where the perfidy of the human heart is revealed in shadow, Pears' portrait is an exquisite little gem." (Booklist)
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What did you love best about The Portrait?
It steadily improved and ended unexpectedly.Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Not at first. In fact, I intially intended to return it but accidentally left it playing while I was cooking and noticed it was pulling me in with the story.Which character – as performed by Simon Vance – was your favorite?
The painter, of course.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Not-so-quiet lives.Give this one a chance
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Quirky
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Good, but tedious
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