by Susan Vreeland · Neri Pozza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788873059752
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«L'amante del bosco» is the historical novel by Susan Vreeland, published by Neri Pozza in paperback (462 pages, in Italian).
The novel follows Canadian painter Emily Carr at the beginning of the 20th century: in the forests of Vancouver Island, among the indigenous tribes, she finds the wild heart her art seeks. It portrays her rejection of Victorian society, her stays in San Francisco and London, and the figures who shaped her life.
Italian edition of 2004, translated by Chiara Gabutti, in the collection «I narratori delle tavole».
For readers of historical fiction and artist biographies, with an interest in Canadian indigenous culture and portraits of women artists.
Susan Joyce Vreeland was an American author. Several of her books deal with the relationship between art and fiction. The Passion of Artemisia is a fictionalized investigation of some aspects of the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, while Girl in Hyacinth Blue centers round an imaginary painting by Vermeer. The Forest Lover is a fictionalized account of the life of the Canadian painter Emily Carr.
