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MuzeFormatDesc: Audio Cassette
ISBN-10: 0786114002
ISBN-13: 9780786114009
Feb 1999
Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: English |
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Synopsis
The widely acclaimed Byatt has written three stories, each inspired by the paintings of Henri Matisse. The stories center around one woman's life and depict the seemingly normal happenings--lunch at a Chinese restaurant, a visit to the hairdresser--but it becomes apparent that even the most typical of lives has underpinnings of pain, desire, and joy. Beautifully illustrated.
| Size | | Height: | 7.0 in | | Width: | 4.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"I wanted to overcome the English antipathy to this kind of bright art. The artist Albert Irvin said that when he began painting, he thought serious painting had to be full of dark and gloom. But now he has come to realize that art is about bright clear colors. I wanted to write something with sensual delight amidst all this intellectual stringency. I wanted to see things in bright colors that transfigure the commonplace. I don't think art is primarily political. It doesn't have to resolve issues or preach. None of these stories have political correctness. They are like Matisse paintings--about power. And about sex, hunger, loneliness, and fear."
A. S. Byatt
"Admirers of 'Possession', A.S. Byatt's award-winning 'romance' about passionate poets and nosy scholars, need only open her slim new book, 'The Matisse Stories', to find themselves in familiar territory....[T]his elegant collection shares her novel's preoccupation with the role of art and with the heart's mysteries....Her characters are credible, their encounters authentically complex, their environments vividly delineated. Indeed, these stories are unusually painterly in their particulars of form, color and shadow."
New York Times Book Review - Bruce Bawer (04/30/1995)
"These stories show us Byatt still advancing in her technique and range."
McGrath
"'The Matisse Stories' is a masterpiece of its kind. Each piece works perfectly in its own right and they enjoy a unity, both of theme and of style, which makes for a deeply harmonious product."
McGrath
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