The Truth About Lorin Jones - Softcover

Lurie, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380708078 ISBN 13: 9780380708079

Publisher: Avon Books, 1990

Synopsis

Polly Alter, a single parent and compassionate feminist, researches the untimely death of painter Lorin Jones, only to be exposed to fast-paced worlds beyond her experience and her own difficult questions

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From Library Journal:

As chronicler of the life and work of brilliant artist Lorin Jones, Polly Altermuseum curator and would-be painterat first has it all figured out. Lorin, left to die alone in Key West, was done in by the white, male art establishment. But as Polly's interviewing progresses, Lorin comes down from her pedestal, and her "villains" emerge as likeable persons; at the same time, some of the truths about Polly's life are shattered or realigned. In her eighth novel, Lurie explores a trick of the human mindhow people and events are not always as they seem at first takeby smoothly interspersing straight narrative with cleverly constructed one-sided interviews. For all her skill, however, the novel bogs down in the middle with too much of a good thing, and the ending, although surprising, is a disappointment. Lurie fans will want to read this anyway. Michelle Lodge, New York City
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From Publishers Weekly:

According to PW , this is both a comic send-up of radical feminists and an exploration of the relationship between an artist's life and her art.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0380708078
• ISBN 13: 9780380708079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328