Artist of the Beautiful: A Novel

By J.D. Landis

Book Overview

In his critically acclaimed novel, Longing, J. D. Landis explored the volatile nature of passion as he brought to life the extraordinary marriage of Robert and Clara Schumann. It was a fervent love... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345450078
• ISBN13: 9780345450074
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.9" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Could not put this book down.

I picked this book up because of a curiosity about the history of the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts and fell in love with the author's writing style and the tension between the characters. Loved it!

Let yourself be flooded....

The story is often disjointed - like the deer - but just go with the prose - beautiful, lyric, mesmerizing. It is rare a book really tries to analyze the meaning of love - the genesis of love. Wonderful comments on silence and on religion.