Книга: The Painter's Friend (Cunnell Howard); Picador, 2021

The painter Terry Godden was on the brink of his first success. After a violent crisis, he finds himself outcast.

In his fifties, and with little money, he retreats to a small island. Arriving in the winter, the island at first seems a desolate and forgotten place. As the seasons turn, Terry begins to see the island’s beauty, and discovers that he is only one of many people who have sought refuge here. These independent outsiders, all with their own considerable struggles, have made a precarious home.

The island is owned by the business man and art collector Alex Kaplan. His decision to enforce a rent increase as he seeks to improve his property looks set to destroy this community that cannot afford to lose the little they have left. As an artist, Terry believes making the invisible struggles of the island visible to the world will help – but will his interference save anybody other than himself?

The Painter’s Friend shows the human cost of gentrification for those dispossessed. The novel also explores the role of art in protest, and asks who gets to be an artist and what they owe in return. Written with visual lyricism and driven clarity, Howard Cunnell’s incendiary story about class and resistance builds to an unforgettable climax. It is an urgent novel for our unjust times.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9781529030945
Автор(ы)	Cunnell Howard
Вес	0.21
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2021
Жанр	проза на иностранном языке
Издатель	Picador
Издательство	Picador
Кол-во страниц	270
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	270
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Тип обложки	мягкая