2007 Books #36: The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, by Jeffrey Ford

[nayad]

This lovely book, about a painter with an impossible portrait commission, pretty much forced me to drop everything nonessential and read it for two days. The prose is beautiful, and I was drawn in by the fairy-tale qualities of the story. Mrs. Charbuque wants her portrait painted, but the artist, Piambo, is not allowed to look at her. He must

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[bzdchris]

That sounds really interesting!