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The Last Painting of Sara De Vos
by Dominic Smith
This year, I've read two of the most brilliant books I've ever read—We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and The Museum of Modern Love—so I didn't think I could possibly read a third. I was wrong.
This book hooked me from the get-go. It's wide in scope—three different timelines and three different countries: the Dutch Golden Age, wealthy New York in the '50s, and Sydney at the turn of the 21st century. The characters are richly drawn, flawed but redeemable. The prose is exquisite, dense and evocative. The book itself is art of the highest quality.
This is ultimately a story about redemption—there's something about flawed characters making amends for their mistakes that moves me. The ending is very satisfying indeed.
This book hooked me from the get-go. It's wide in scope—three different timelines and three different countries: the Dutch Golden Age, wealthy New York in the '50s, and Sydney at the turn of the 21st century. The characters are richly drawn, flawed but redeemable. The prose is exquisite, dense and evocative. The book itself is art of the highest quality.
This is ultimately a story about redemption—there's something about flawed characters making amends for their mistakes that moves me. The ending is very satisfying indeed.