by Iain Pears · Seix Barral · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432296512
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«El retrato» is the suspense novel by British writer Iain Pears, published by Seix Barral in hardback (24 pages, in Spanish).
An art critic travels to a remote island so that an old friend, a tormented and self-exiled painter, can make his portrait. While posing, the artist recalls the poisoned patronage and the critic's power to elevate or ruin careers; with the passive sitter, the painter's flight and a story of betrayal, revenge, and forbidden love emerge.
Work originally published in English as «The Portrait» (2004); volume 1 of the Otros títulos de Seix Barral collection and nominee for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award in 2005.
For readers of historical, mystery, and suspense novels with an artistic backdrop.
Iain George Pears is an English art historian, novelist and journalist.
