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A review by briandice
The Art Lover: A Novel by Carole Maso
5.0
To be an artist is to be willing to have your heart broken every day.
In her beautiful ode to loss, Maso perfectly captures the essence of grief and mourning - both public and individual - through a series of interlocking narratives of rich characters and inventive story telling. The result is a stunning, impactful book of dealing with the parts of life none of us wants to ever face but will, inevitably.
There is a portion of the book that rattled my soul: one of the narratives is the story of a female character (an author) dealing with the slow death of a close male friend from AIDS. I don't want to spoil the way this story is told, but it is genius, it is original, it is heartbreaking.
But anything I could write about this beautiful book has already been much better said by friend Kris. If you aren't sure whether to give this book a go, please read her review:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/469529241
In her beautiful ode to loss, Maso perfectly captures the essence of grief and mourning - both public and individual - through a series of interlocking narratives of rich characters and inventive story telling. The result is a stunning, impactful book of dealing with the parts of life none of us wants to ever face but will, inevitably.
There is a portion of the book that rattled my soul: one of the narratives is the story of a female character (an author) dealing with the slow death of a close male friend from AIDS. I don't want to spoil the way this story is told, but it is genius, it is original, it is heartbreaking.
But anything I could write about this beautiful book has already been much better said by friend Kris. If you aren't sure whether to give this book a go, please read her review:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/469529241