The Swan Thieves

Elizabeth Kostova

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Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism. Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. THE SWAN THIEVES is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope.

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enewby rated this book

I stayed up late last night to finish this book. I liked how it was written: going back and forth between characters, letters, and centuries. When I would sit down to read The Swan Thieves, I wouldn't realize how many pages I had read until I put the book down again. This is a MUST read for serious readers.

1 year ago...

kimsum rated this book

I finished this book this afternoon and did not want it to end. One of the most interesting books I have read in a long time. A great mystery but not of the "who-done it " type. I only regret I couldn't hear more from Robert himself.

1 year ago...