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Zoia's Gold - Philip Sington

 
Description: ISBN 184354234X / Genre: Fiction / Author: Philip Sington / Edition: New Ed / Paperback / 392 Pages / Book is published 2006-06-08 by ... more
Zoia's Gold - Philip Sington ... Atlantic Books

Newest Review: ... her lifetime seem to have come under her spell, and it is as though Marcus is the last in this long line. I did feel sympathy ... more

 ... for Marcus and his devotion to his research; he perseveres despite a number of setbacks ranging from the cutting off of the power supply in Zoia's Swedish house where he is cataloguing her letters to the opposition of certain powerful people who feel threatened by the facts that his work may uncover. At the same time he is fighting a custody battle over his daughter and is beset by obstacles here too. In his quest to find the missing pieces of Zoia's life, he actually discovers a great deal about himself as well. Kers...more

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Pages: 392, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Atlantic Books
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Crowned Review Zoia's Gold - Philip Sington: Under Zoia's Spell (1163 words)
by - written on 19/09/08 (Very useful, 219 readings)
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They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but I'm afraid it was the cover of Zoia's Gold that attracted me to it in my local library. The woman's face reminded me a little of an Italian Renaissance Madonna with the soft shadows reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci's genius. Reading the blurb on the back cover convinced me that as an art lover I was likely to enjoy this book. An interesting blend of fact and fiction, the story intertwines two threads, the factual one focusing on the Russian artist Zoia Korvin-Krukovsky and the fictional one on Marcus Elliott who is in Sweden to catalogue the artist's work following her death. The thread concerning Marcus ...  Read the complete review

 

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