From the Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning author of The Return comes a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and life. Â NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS

A Month in Siena

From the Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning author of The Return comes a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and life.
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND EVENING STANDARD

After finishing his powerful memoir The Return, Hisham Matar, seeking solace and pleasure, traveled to Siena, Italy. Always finding comfort and clarity in great art, Matar immersed himself in eight significant works from the Sienese School of painting, which flourished from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Artists he had admired throughout his life, includingÂ Duccio and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, evoke earlier engagements heâ€™d had with works by Caravaggio and Poussin, and the personal experiences that surrounded those moments.

Including beautifulÂ full-color reproductions of the artworks,Â A Month in Siena is about what occurred between Matar, those paintings, and the city. That month would be an extraordinary period in the writerâ€™s life: an exploration of how art can console and disturb in equal measure, as well as an intimate encounter with a city and its inhabitants. This is a gorgeous meditation on how centuries-old art can illuminate our own inner landscapeâ€”current relationships, long-lasting love, grief, intimacy, and solitudeâ€”and shed further light on the present world around us.

Praise for A Month in Siena

â€œAs exquisitely structured asÂ The Return, driven by desire, yearning, loss, illuminated by the kindness of strangers.Â A Month in SienaÂ is a triumph.â€â€”Peter Carey
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, unspecified
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2019-10-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780593129135

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, unspecified
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2019-10-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780593129135

A Month in Siena

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