Cowell's latest work puts me very much in mind of Leaving Van Gogh: A Novel, as the life of the early Impressionist is displayed -- warts and all.This book tells a fictionalized history of Monet's relationship with his model/muse, the well-to-do Camille Doncieux. The ups and downs of their 12-year ...
NO SPOILERSFinished: This book has the momentum of a huge wave. It builds slowly but by the end it crashes down on the shore with a tremendous thunder that shakes you. I did not think the beginning very well prtrayed the relationship between Claude and Camille, but as you follow the story an underst...
Claude Monet glimpsed Camille Doncieux at a train station and was immediately inspired. Some time later he glimpsed her again behind the counter in a booksellers’s shop. So begins the most tempestuous relationship between the artist and his muse. They both swim against the tide of convention and ...
I picked up this book because my youngest son, Joe, is a painter, loves Impressionism, and his favorite painter is Monet. Due to this I have come to love Impressionism also, and Monet in specific. That said, even though this book was about his relationship with his wife Camille, I learned a lot abou...
The story begins in 1857 and is interspersed with "interludes" wherein the aging Claude Monet reflects back on his early life, when he is first drawn to the lure of painting. Despite the efforts of his family and a brief stint in the military, Claude is determined to return to Paris and paint, and w...
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