The last picture of Sarah de Vos
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“The last picture of Sarah de Vos” is the latest book from the author of the international bestseller “Beautiful Diversity”. “The last picture of Sarah de Vos” is “an amazing novel about the fate, choice and consequences of this choice, confidently playing on the territory of“ Girls with Pearl Seryozha ”, Tracy Shevalier and“ Chiggla ”Donna Tartt (Library Journal) The action begins in New York of the late 1950s, at the charitable Manhattan party. When the guests diverge, the successful lawyer Marty De Grome discovers that the painting “on the edge of the forest”, stored in his family for more than three centuries, was replaced by a fake. It is believed that this is the only preserved canvas of the brush of Sarah de Vos - the painter of the Dutch golden age and the first woman adopted in the Amsterdam guild of St. Luke (professional unification of artists) The police are powerless, but the private detective hired by de Grot soon goes on the trail of Ellie Simple - the young Brooklyn restorer is from Australia, according to the detective, Ellie may be related to fake, and Marty De Grot decides to get to know the girl closer ...
“Smith affects the reader not only with the dullness of an adventurous intrigue, but also with a virtuoso interweaving of three plot lines unfolding in three temporary layers and on three different continents. The picture made into the name of the novel literally transforms the fate of the heroes ... ”(Washington Post)
“Smith affects the reader not only with the dullness of an adventurous intrigue, but also with a virtuoso interweaving of three plot lines unfolding in three temporary layers and on three different continents. The picture made into the name of the novel literally transforms the fate of the heroes ... ”(Washington Post)
Author:
Author:Smith D.
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Children's Book
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Agriculture
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: The Big Book
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-17611-9
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