The Apprentice - Softcover

Llorente, Pilar Molina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374404321 ISBN 13: 9780374404321

Publisher: Square Fish, 1994

Synopsis

In Renaissance Florence, thirteen-year-old apprentice Arduino's dreams of being a painter are challenged after he discovers the extreme measures the Maestro Cosimo di Forlç will take in the name of jealousy. Arduino faces a decision that could cost him his only chance to realize his life's dream.

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

From Kirkus Reviews:

Originally published in Spain in 1989, a story that begins as an instructive look at apprenticeship in Renaissance Florence (no particular century or historical characters) and ends as a melodrama about a mysterious prisoner in a master painter's attic. Narrator Arduino is a prosperous tailor's son who prevails on his reluctant father to apprentice him to Cosimo di Forl , an accomplished but mean-spirited painter who starves his young helpers and secretly keeps one in chains because the boy's ability outshines his own. Arduino discovers and befriends the talented Donato; and, when Cosimo falls ill midway through a major commission, he reminds him of the prisoner, who emerges to save the day and succeed his dying master. This predictable, old- fashioned tale, hinging on Donato's unlikely incarceration and told without subtlety, is a far cry from Johnny Tremain. Still, it's a slim, fast-paced read--and a rare translation of Spanish fiction. (Fiction. 9-12) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Square Fish
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0374404321
• ISBN 13: 9780374404321
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• Illustrator: Alonso Juan Ramon