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Watching Over Her A Novel | 7.31 MB
Title: Watching Over Her
Author: Jean-Baptiste Andrea
Category: Fiction & Literature, Action Suspense, Romance
Language: English | 368 Pages | ISBN: 0241145368
Description:
From French literary talent and Prix Goncourt winner Jean-Baptiste Andrea, a "sprawling fresco and star-crossed love story" ( The New York Times ) following a dwarf and skilled sculptor as he recounts the moments in his life that inspired his mysteriously powerful masterpiece-perfect for readers of Martyr! and The Covenant of Water .
In an Italian monastery, a sculptor named Mimo lays on his deathbed. For decades, he has lived among the monks who watch over his masterpiece, an arresting statue that haunts all who see it.
During his final hours, he reveals his life story: his impoverished childhood, brutal apprenticeship, and, most important, his meeting with Viola Orsini, the only daughter of a powerful and dangerous aristocratic family. Mimo and Viola are instantly drawn to one another, viewing themselves as outsiders-Mimo, for his dwarfism, Viola for her ability to remember everything she has ever read or experienced. Together,...
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