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The spoils of today‘s bookshop visit!

This is a book that shouldn‘t work. It meanders all over the place and trying to write an outline for it would be an exercise in futility. Yet, somehow, these musings on (mainly) Dutch art, primarily that of Carel Fabritius, the author‘s painter father, artists lives and her own life comes together as a pretty magical read. The illustrations are great, but there was still plenty I was googling. Completely fascinating.

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This was beautifully told. I loved listening to the author tell of Dutch paintings & artists, Fabritius & her father‘s paintings - you can tell it‘s something she‘s knowledgeable & passionate about. I listened on Spotify which came with a pdf of all the paintings she discusses but I always listen when I‘m on the go so couldn‘t keep track of which paintings she was discussing. As much as I liked the audio I‘d recommend going print or mix the two.

This #womensprize for NF long-lister is still a pick, but I chose the wrong format (audio).The author describes so many paintings and I wanted to see them - not the best idea when you listen whilst driving, as I mostly do. 😬

Even when I was at home, as all of the artists are Dutch, I couldn‘t find many of them as I didn‘t know how to spell their names. I‘ve reserved the (digital) print copy so I can re-read but it‘s not available until ⬇️

Working through my #ReadOrDonate stack on a little vacay as the pigeon coos on the balcony rail. Thanks for the push @julieclair. Really enjoyed tagged book, which is not so much about music as it is art, particularly Vermeer. Really good! Just started the Maggie O'Farrell (love her). Have yet to start Queen, which I got as BOTM years ago. Reports on others in comments.

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HF about Vermeer and his assistant-he ended up doing a portrait of her wearing his wife‘s pearl earrings.

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TBH, I didn‘t like all of these essays, but when they connected they packed a wallop.

“The head of Orpheus turned up as a half grapefruit and in a absent minded moment I ate it”

So brilliantly absurd, I had a great time with this one!
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