How to Paint a Dead Man
- ISBN-10
- 0571246303
- ISBN-13
- 9780571246304
- Series
- How to Paint a Dead Man
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-06-04
- Author
- Sarah Hall
Description
Italy in the early 1960s: a dying painter considers the sacrifices and losses that have made him an enigma, both to strangers and those closest to him. He begins his last life painting, using the same objects he has painted obsessively for his entire career - a small group of bottles.
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