A Month in Siena
Author: Matar, Hisham
ISBN: 9780241987056
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 29 Jun 2020
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A moving reflection on the intersection of life and art, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Plt;iPgt;The ReturnPlt;/iPgt;.Plt;/bPgt;
Shortly after completing his searing work of non-fiction, Plt;iPgt;The ReturnPlt;/iPgt;, Hisham Matar set off for Siena, a city he had never visited before. His plan was to see the paintings of the Sienese school, to immerse himself in the work of artists he admired perhaps above all others. Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;This month in Siena would be an extraordinary period in the life of this writer: an immersion in art, a consideration of grief and violence, an intimate encounter with the city and its inhabitants. Hisham MatarP#39;s short bookPlt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;is the story of how art can console and disturb in equal measure. It is a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and the human condition.
ISBN: 9780241987056
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 29 Jun 2020
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A moving reflection on the intersection of life and art, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Plt;iPgt;The ReturnPlt;/iPgt;.Plt;/bPgt;
Shortly after completing his searing work of non-fiction, Plt;iPgt;The ReturnPlt;/iPgt;, Hisham Matar set off for Siena, a city he had never visited before. His plan was to see the paintings of the Sienese school, to immerse himself in the work of artists he admired perhaps above all others. Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;This month in Siena would be an extraordinary period in the life of this writer: an immersion in art, a consideration of grief and violence, an intimate encounter with the city and its inhabitants. Hisham MatarP#39;s short bookPlt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;is the story of how art can console and disturb in equal measure. It is a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and the human condition.
