Van Rijn

Van Rijn

by SarahEmilyMiano (Author)

Synopsis

Pieter Blaeu, a young publisher from a family of famous cartographers, meets the aged, destitute painter, Rembrandt van Rijn, on a tour of artists' studios in 1667, and is quickly enticed into his theatre of life through a strange mixture of admiration and repulsion. As Pieter delves into this shadowy world, he crosses paths with a fanciful troupe of characters, both living and dead: the painter's relatives, friends, sitters and patrons, whose stories are sometimes bawdy and humorous, at other times philosophical and macabre. Meanwhile, Rembrandt is keeping a private journal, a dog-eared black tablet where he records everything from his rules of art and life to his dramas and recipes-or what he calls `the caprices of my restless brain'.

When Pieter encounters a poet named Clara whose interest in Rembrandt equals his own, a love story emerges. Together the lovers attempt to unmask an ambitious man in pursuit of a fugitive truth, from his ascent to fame and wealth to his descent into unpopularity and poverty, seeking clues about his character . . . if only he weren't such a master at playing hide-and-seek.

`Miano's writing displays all the verve, erudition and originality one might expect from such a hotly tipped new talent' Guardian

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Picador
Published: 03 Mar 2006

ISBN 10: 0330411802
ISBN 13: 9780330411806

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'Miano's writing displays all the verve, erudition and originality one might expect from such a hotly tipped new talent' Guardian
Author Bio
Sarah Emily Miano was born in Buffalo, NY, in 1974. Former chef, tour guide and private eye, she is completing a PhD in Creative & Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia, where she also received an MA. She is the author of Encyclopaedia of Snow. As a work-in-progress, Van Rijn earned her an Arts Council Writers' Award in 2004. She lives in London.