Painting time / Maylis de Kerangal ; translated from the French by Jessica Moore.
| Author/creator | Kerangal, Maylis de author. |
| Other author | Moore, Jessica, 1978- translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First American edition. |
| Publication | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 230 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Monde à portée de main. English |
| Abstract | An aesthetic and existential coming-of-age novel exploring the apprenticeship of a young female painter, Paula Karst, who is enrolled at the famous Institut de Peinture in Brussels. With the attention of a documentary filmmaker, de Kerangal follows Paula's apprenticeship, punctuated by brushstrokes, hard work, sleepless nights, sore muscles, and long, festive evenings. After completing her studies at the Institute, Paula continues to practice her art in Paris, in Moscow, then in Italy on the sets of great films, all as if rehearsing for a grand finale: at a job working on Lascaux IV, a facsimile reproduction of the world's most famous paleolithic cave art and the apotheosis of human cultural expression. |
| General note | "Originally published in French in 2018 by Éditions Gallimard, France, as Un monde à portée de main."--Title page verso |
| General note | "English translation originally published in 2021 by Talonbooks, Canada"--Title page verso |
| Language | In English. Translated from the French. |
| Genre/form | Bildungsromans. |
| Genre/form | Bildungsromans. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Novels. |
| Genre/form | Novels. |
| LCCN | 2020052403 |
| ISBN | 9780374211929 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0374211922 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PQ2671 .E64 M6613 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |