The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque - A Novel

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Ford is the author of the novels The Physiognomy, Memoranda, The Beyond, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, the Edgar Award–winning The Girl in the Glass, The Cosmology of the Wider World, The Shadow Year, and The Twilight Pariah , and his collections include The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant, The Empire of Ice Cream, The Drowned Life, Crackpot Palace, and A Natural History of Hell . He lives near Columbus, Ohio, and teaches writing at Ohio Wesleyan University. Klappentext A mysterious and richly evocative novel, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque tells the story of portraitist Piero Piambo, who is offered a commission unlike any other. The client is Mrs. Charbuque, a wealthy and elusive woman who asks Piambo to paint her portrait, though with one bizarre twist: he may question her at length on any topic, but he may not, under any circumstances, see her. So begins an astonishing journey into Mrs. Charbuque's world and the world of 1893 New York society in this hypnotically compelling literary thriller. Zusammenfassung A mysterious and richly evocative novel! The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque tells the story of portraitist Piero Piambo! who is offered a commission unlike any other. The client is Mrs. Charbuque! a wealthy and elusive woman who asks Piambo to paint her portrait! though with one bizarre twist: he may question her at length on any topic! but he may not! under any circumstances! see her. So begins an astonishing journey into Mrs. Charbuque's world and the world of 1893 New York society in this hypnotically compelling literary thriller.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Ford, Jeffrey D. Ford
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2003
• EAN: 9780060936174
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093617-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Series: HarperPerennial
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Science Fiction, Historical fiction, Historical fantasy, Magical Realism, Fiction: general and literary, Horror and supernatural fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Thrillers / Historical, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / General, FICTION: Horror, FICTION: Magical Realism, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical, FICTION: Science Fiction / Crime & Mystery