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Maylis de Kerangal: Painting Time review – safer in simulation

Maylis de Kerangal: Painting Time review - safer in simulation | reviews, news & interviews Maylis de Kerangal: Painting Time review - safer in simulation Maylis de Kerangal: Painting Time review - safer in simulation An ode to the art of trompe-l’œil is no more than the sum of its parts by Charlie StoneTuesday, 11 May 2021 Maylis de Kerangal studied history, philosophy and social sciences before turning to fictionCourtesy of Hachette Trompe-l’œil, explains the director of the Institut de Peinture in Brussels, “is the meeting of a painting and a gaze, conceived for a particular point of view, and defined by the effect it is supposed to produce”. In layman’s terms, it is the art of decorative painting, the technique of creating an optical illusion whereby a surface appears three-dimensional. It’s also the subject of this book.

Painting Time by Maylis de Kerangal review – a bravura achievement

The Cook). In her new novel, Painting Time, translated by Jessica Moore, the French author turns her granular attentions to trompe-l’œil and its artisans: those “bamboozlers of the real” 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 school’s trompe-l’œil course – immersive and uncompromising – 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. There’s 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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5 books to read in April 2021: Michelle Zauner, Richard Wright, and more

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2021 in books: what to look forward to this year

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka (Bloomsbury) The Nobel laureate’s first novel in almost 50 years promises “murder, mayhem and no shortage of drama” in contemporary Nigeria. The Thursday Murder Club 2 by Richard Osman (Viking) Last year the Pointless co-host’s cosy crime debut set in a retirement home broke sales records; here comes the sequel. Waters of Salvation by Richard Coles (W&N) A new crime series from everyone’s favourite vicar begins as a proposal to refurbish a village church ends in murder; Canon Daniel Clement must investigate. Oh, William! by Elizabeth Strout (Viking)

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