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Contre-Jour

A triptych after Pierre Bonnard

Gabriel Josipovici author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Carcanet Press Ltd

Published:12th Mar '98

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Contre-Jour cover

Pierre Bonnard exhibition `The Colour of Memory’ scheduled at Tate Modern (Jan-May 2019)

A novel based on the life of painter, Pierre Bonnard.Gabriel Josipovici's acclaimed novel reissued in 2018. Josipovici's novel is based on the life of Pierre Bonnard, the painter of enchanting domestic interiors and innocently unsensual nudes. A thoughtful and deeply felt piece told in three parts from the perspectives of Bonnard's wife, daughter, and the painter himself.

`Josipovici proves himself once again to be one of the very best writers now at work in the English language.’ - The Guardian

ISBN: 9781857544107

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 212g

140 pages

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