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Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind - Anne Charnock
Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind
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Named by the Guardian as one of the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2015 History is storytelling. But some stories remain untold.In fifteenth-century Italy, Paolo Uccello recognizes the artistic talent of his young daughter, Antonia, and teaches her how to create a masterpiece. The girl... show more
Named by the Guardian as one of the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2015 History is storytelling. But some stories remain untold.In fifteenth-century Italy, Paolo Uccello recognizes the artistic talent of his young daughter, Antonia, and teaches her how to create a masterpiece. The girl composes a painting of her mother and inadvertently sparks an enduring mystery.In the present day, a copyist painter receives a commission from a wealthy Chinese businessman to duplicate a Paolo Uccello painting. Together, the painter and his teenage daughter visit China, and in doing so they begin their escape from a tragic family past.In the twenty-second century, a painting is discovered that’s rumored to be the work of Paolo Uccello’s daughter. This reawakens an art historian’s dream of elevating Antonia Uccello, an artist ignored by history because of her gender.Stories untold. Secrets uncovered. But maybe some mysteries should remain shrouded.
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Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN: 9781503954205
ASIN: B00YRHDXK6
Publisher: 47north
Pages no: 258
Edition language: English
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3.0 Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind by Anne Charnock
In Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind we get three parallel stories, all of them have something to do with Antonia Uccello, or her father Paolo Uccello, the famous painter. In the past we get to follow Antonia Uccello as she is preparing to a life in a convent. Her father decided that's the best so...
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