What I Loved

von Siri Hustvedt

384 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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"No image is wasted, no sentence superfluous in creating a novel that teems with ideas, emotions. . . . Hustvedt's novel is a quietly astounding work of fiction that defies categorization." -Los Angeles TimesSiri Hustvedt's What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the artist, Bill Wechsler; and the two men embark on a life-long friendship. Leo's story, which spans twenty-five years, follows the growing involvement between his family and Bill's-an intricate constellation of attachments that includes the two men, their wives, Erica and Violet, and their sons, Matthew and Mark.The families live in the same New York apartment building, rent a house together in the summers and keep up a lively exchange of ideas about life and art, but the bonds between them are tested, first by sudden tragedy, and then by a monstrous duplicity that slowly comes to the surface. A beautifully written novel that combines the intimacy of a family saga with the suspense of a thriller, What I Loved is a deeply moving story about art, love, loss, and betrayal.

• ISBN: 9780312421199
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2004
• Größe: 137 x 206 mm
• Verlag: Henry Holt & Company