Exposed

By Jean-Philippe Blondel

Book Overview

"Art, love and longing, the French way. Blondel's book ... is the genuine article: an emotionally taut portrayal of late-in-life, post-marriage drift."
--The New York Times Book Review

A French teacher on the verge of retirement is invited to a glittering opening that showcases the artwork of his former student, who has since become a celebrated painter. This unexpected encounter leads to the older man posing for his portrait. Possibly in the nude. Such personal exposure at close range entails a strange and troubling pact between artist and sitter that prompts both to reevaluate their lives. Blondel, author of the hugely popular novel The 6:41 to Paris, evokes an intimacy of dangerous intensity in a tale marked by profound nostalgia and a reckoning with the past that allows its two characters to move ahead into the future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939931673
• ISBN13: 9781939931672
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: New Vessel Press
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.9"