The Cook). In her new novel,
Painting Time, translated by Jessica Moore, the French author turns her granular attentions to trompe-lâÅil and its artisans: those âbamboozlers of the realâ who can conjure marble, wood and ethereal skyscapes from pigment and lacquer.
The students at the Institut Supérieur de Peinture in Brussels are a dissonant
bunch, ranging from penniless house painters to the rebellious daughters of aristocrats. The schoolâs trompe-lâÅil course â immersive and uncompromising â will remake them all. For one trio, a lifelong friendship will form in the hectic months between October 2007 and March 2008, born of all-nighters and the unshakable stink of turpentine. Thereâs Kate, a 6ft Glaswegian nightclub bouncer; cryptic, talented Jonas; and Paula, the painter we will follow once lessons end, with her untapped fervour and David Bowie eyes.
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