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Release Date: 2010Label: BBC Audiobooks America
THE SWAN THIEVESA haunting novel of art and obsession. A mystery spanning continents and centuries. A love story that crosses the ultimate border.
Robert Oliver, a renowned painter, has brutally attacked a canvas in the National Gallery of Art. What would compel an artist to destroy something he values beyond all else? From the confines of his hospital room, Oliver maintains a stubborn silence, offering only the briefest explanation before he stops speaking altogether: "I did it for her." But who is she? Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow prides himself on his ability to make even a stone talk, but he gets nowhere with Oliver. Marlow embarks on an unconventional pursuit of the answers his patient won't provide, and on a journey into the lives of the women Oliver left behind. As these women paint a portrait of love, betrayal, and artistic obsession, Marlow is pulled deeper within the mind of a troubled genius. He finds surprising possibilities in a package of century-old love letters. Does the key to unlock the mystery lie in a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Elizabeth Kostova graduated from Yale and holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress.
Playing Time: 17 hrs 54 min
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