THE SWAN THIEVES: REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

THE SWAN THIEVESBY ELIZABETH KOSTOVA
ABOUT THE BOOK:Andrew Marlow, the psychiatrist, has the perfectly systematic life--solitary, perhaps, though full of friendship to his profession as well as the painting hobby he loves. This order is broken when the renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks the board in the National Gallery of Art as well as becomes Marlow's patient.
When Oliver refuses to talk or cooperate, Marlow finds himself starting over his own legal as well as reliable bounds to understand the tip which torments this silent genius, the tour which will lead him into the lives of the women closest to Robert Oliver as well as toward the tragedy during the heart of French Impressionism.

Moving from American museums to the coast of Normandy, from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth, from immature adore to last love, THE SWAN THIEVES is the story of obsession, the waste of history, as well as the energy of art to safety human hope.
Go HERE to attend to an excerpt of THE SWAN THIEVES.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Elizabeth Kostova graduated from Yale as well as holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress. Go HERE to watch the video of Elizabeth Kostova talk about THE SWAN THIEVES...it is fascinating! You might additionally suffer the PODCAST Interview from ALOUD during Central Library by starting HERE.
MY REVIEW:Once Robert Oliver, the well known artist, pounded the painting during the National Gallery of Art as well as is arrested, the life of psychiatrist Andrew Marlow changed forever. Marlow, whose hobby happens to be painting, is called to take over Robert's case. He finds out which Robert as well as his former wife, Kate, were recently divorced as well as upon top of that, Robert has left his ultimate girlfriend as well. So Andrew Marlow tries to treat his brand new patient, though he finds which Robert refuses to speak.
Marlow contingency examine Robert's personal life to try as well as find the clue to Robert's action of violence as well as his refusal to speak. Marlow contacts people who have been partial of Robert's life to try as well as find answers. Much is discovered about who Robert is now, compared to who he was before, from these people as well as most of them have been women. The box is puzzling as well as appealing as well as Marlow becomes very concerned with his brand new patient to the indicate which it takes over the great partial of his own life. Dr. Marlow finds which Robert paints the same woman over as well as over again as well as this rather leads him to additionally find the prolonged hidden secret. This tip involves the liaison in the world of 19th century art.
THE SWAN THIEVES is not just the poser though additionally the adore story. It is filled with interesting characters, whose own lives have been the partial of the story. It was so interesting to examination the approach Kostova told the story by not usually different characters to supplement to Marlow's own tale, though additionally t! o learn from very old letters as well as the past in the 19th century. All these tools come together to discuss it this singular story of THE SWAN THIEVES. If we wish the unequivocally great poser as well as trust the author who wrote THE HISTORIAN which so most readers have loved, afterwards we will not be unhappy by this subsequent book of Elizabeth Kostova. You will adore pondering the questions which have been meant to come up as Kostova planned. You will substantially come to the indicate where we unequivocally wonder if Robert is mentally ill or is there something else starting on? Why DID he condense which painting as well as who have been all these women in his life? Is all this someway associated to the tools which come to light over the very old letters?
This is in truth the prolonged book though one which will hang we around it binding as well as not let go as we wish to find out what is starting on. As mental illness is always the tough thing to deal with as well as examination about though intertwined with the mystery, it transfixes the reader as well as thus shows what the excellent bard Elizabeth Kostova indeed is.
A WONDERFUL book for book clubs, (mine had the prolonged as well as exciting discussion with this book) we can link to the Reading Guide HERE by visiting the Hachette Book Group website as well as upon THE SWAN THIEVES page, we will see the link in the lower right-hand corner. Enjoy!

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