{"product_id":"the-last-painting-of-sara-de-vos-paperback","title":"The Last Painting of Sara De Vos - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominic Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city's Guild of St. Luke. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor subjects), a wintry outdoor scene haunts Sara: She cannot shake the image of a young girl from a nearby village, standing alone beside a silver birch at dusk, staring out at a group of skaters on the frozen river below. Defying the expectations of her time, she decides to paint it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York City, 1957: The only known surviving work of Sara de Vos, \u003ci\u003e At the Edge of a Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, hangs in the bedroom of a wealthy Manhattan lawyer, Marty de Groot, a descendant of the original owner. It is a beautiful but comfortless landscape. The lawyer's marriage is prominent but comfortless, too. When a struggling art history grad student, Ellie Shipley, agrees to forge the painting for a dubious art dealer, she finds herself entangled with its owner in ways no one could predict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSydney, 2000: Now a celebrated art historian and curator, Ellie Shipley is mounting an exhibition in her field of specialization: female painters of the Dutch Golden Age. When it becomes apparent that both the original \u003ci\u003eAt the Edge of a Wood \u003c\/i\u003eand her forgery are en route to her museum, the life she has carefully constructed threatens to unravel entirely and irrevocably.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominic Smith\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Australia and now lives in Austin, Texas. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBright and Distant Shores\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Miscellaneous\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre\u003c\/i\u003e. His short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003ci\u003es Printers Row Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He is the recipient of a new works grant from the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, a Dobie Paisano Fellowship, and a Michener Fellowship. He teaches writing in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772572107040,"sku":"9781250118325","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f4f0bad97db2e4bbdd58ab86c73ee5e4.webp?v=1780408720","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-last-painting-of-sara-de-vos-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}