Brief Space Between Color and Shade - Softcover

Tezza, Cristovão

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477819517 ISBN 13: 9781477819517

Publisher: Amazon Crossing, 2014

Synopsis

Winner of the 1998 Machado de Assis Award for Best Novel from the National Library of Brazil

In a period of just three days, everything changes for young painter Eduardo “Tato” Simmone, who has never sold a painting. During the funeral for Tato’s renowned mentor, Aníbal Marsotti, Tato meets two people who will determine his fate: a beautiful young woman—a mysterious “vampire”—and a major art dealer. When his studio is ransacked and he is attacked, Tato gets caught up in the intrigue surrounding a stone sculpture by famed Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. A letter from an Italian art historian he met a year before provides clues about the shadowy origins of the statue, but Tato must untangle for himself the dark threads of other people’s fears. As he works through the mystery, Tato discovers a similarity between viewing a painting and the human heart: closer examination shows there is more to each than originally meets the eye.

About this title

About the Author:

Cristovão Tezza was born in Lages, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, in 1952. He is the author of thirteen novels, published in fourteen languages, and the winner of many literary prizes, including the Jabuti Prize, the São Paulo Literature Award, and the Portugal Telecom Award. His novel The Eternal Son was shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award in 2012.

Review:

“Cristovão Tezza has proven his ability to, through words, paint the world.” —Salvador

“Tezza distracts the reader with a vigorous and exciting plot with mystery, action, and a beautiful love story, obscuring his true intention, which is catching his characters off-guard and revealing them in all their shades.” —Folha de S. Paulo

About this edition

• Publisher: Amazon Crossing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1477819517
• ISBN 13: 9781477819517
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274