The Lost Sketchbook of Edgar Degas (Paperback)

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The Lost Sketchbook of Edgar Degas (Paperback)

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Set against the backdrop of Impressionist painter Edgar Degas' 1872 visit to Creole cousins in New Orleans, this slim novel is a complex meditation on art, family, and love. Chessman's is writing is not only lovely, but also strong and emotionally dense.

— From An Evening with Harriet Scott Chessman

Ten years after Edgar Degas' 1872 visit to New Orleans, a lost sketchbook surfaces. His Creole cousin Tell -- who lost her sight as a young woman -- listens as her former child-servant describes the drawings and reads Degas' enigmatic words. It's both cryptic and revelatory, leading Tell to new understandings of her marriage, her difficult, brilliant cousin Edgar, her daughter Josephine, and herself.
Product Details ISBN: 9781944853136
ISBN-10: 1944853138
Publisher: Outpost19
Publication Date: March 1st, 2017
Pages: 164
Language: English