Pictures at an Exhibition
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In her sweeping debut, Sara Houghteling tells the story of a son's quest to recover his family's lost masterpieces, looted from Paris under Nazi occupation. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. VINTAGE.
A sweeping and sensuous novel of a son's quest to recover his family's lost masterpieces, looted by the Nazis during the occupation.
Max Berenzon's father is the most successful art dealer in Paris, owner of the Berenzon Gallery, home to both Picasso and Matisse. To Max's great surprise, his father forbids him from entering the family business, choosing instead to hire a beautiful and brilliant gallery assistant named Rose Clement. When Paris falls to the Nazis, the Berenzons survive in hiding, but when they return in 1944 their gallery is empty, their priceless collection vanished. In a city darkened by corruption and black martketers, Max chases his twin obsessions- the lost paintings and Rose Clement.
Author: Sara Houghteling
Format: Paperback, 256 pages, 133mm x 202mm, 249 g
Published: 2010, Random House USA Inc, United States
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
In her sweeping debut, Sara Houghteling tells the story of a son's quest to recover his family's lost masterpieces, looted from Paris under Nazi occupation. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. VINTAGE.
A sweeping and sensuous novel of a son's quest to recover his family's lost masterpieces, looted by the Nazis during the occupation.
Max Berenzon's father is the most successful art dealer in Paris, owner of the Berenzon Gallery, home to both Picasso and Matisse. To Max's great surprise, his father forbids him from entering the family business, choosing instead to hire a beautiful and brilliant gallery assistant named Rose Clement. When Paris falls to the Nazis, the Berenzons survive in hiding, but when they return in 1944 their gallery is empty, their priceless collection vanished. In a city darkened by corruption and black martketers, Max chases his twin obsessions- the lost paintings and Rose Clement.
Pictures at an Exhibition