The Swan Thieves (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316065795)

Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism.

Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. The Swan Theives is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope.

Author: Elizabeth Kostova
ISBN-10: 031606579X
ISBN-13: 9780316065795
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 11/03/2010
Pages: 592
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.56w x 1.59d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 06/17/2011 pg. 103