- Paperback
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart; First Trade Paperback edition (1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140269738
- ISBN-13: 978-0140269734
- Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 1.8 x 19.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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Jane Urquhart's The Underpainter, a gem of a novel,
By "zeke8" (Kansas City, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Underpainter (Paperback)
I found Jane Urquhart's novel to be quite compelling and well-written. Being an artist myself, I was eager to read a novel whose main character was an artist. The author captured the way in which art (any art) training is abjectly consuming at the expense of individual development. Artists and musicians tend toward the egocentric . . . partly because of the intensity of their training. Austin certainly fell into that category. I was also pleased that Ms. Urquhart was able to depict with sensitivity the effects of trauma on the human psyche. She was not only sensitive but very graphic if one was able to travel with her during the story's telling. It is rare to find such idiosycratic topics dealt with in the context of a novel much less to find them dealt with really well. The most compelling thing about the novel, however, is the warmth and compassion that she develops and portrays in her characters. In spite of their very human frailties, they are lovable if not always likeable. I look forward to reading other Jane Urquhart works! An artist/musician/reader
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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haunting,
By EJW (Mill Valley, California USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Underpainter (Paperback)
One way I measure a book is by how much it makes me think - and for how long after I've finished it. I first read this book two years ago, and still it haunts me. The characters are not especially sympathetic - least of all the artist - but what is disturbing is how well they are drawn from real life. The author has as remarkable an eye for character and human nature as a fine painter for his or her subject. I've recommended this book to many, but only to those who can appreciate a story of quiet depth. It's also a story that demands rereading.
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This review is from: The Underpainter (Paperback)
"The Underpainter", is a magnificent work of art.Luminous landscapes inhabit the psyche of the artist, Austin Fraser, like pulsing echoes which haunt the desolate, frozen compartments of his heart. I am mesmerized by the gripping power of this tale about a man unwilling and therefore unable to commit - neither to friends, nor love, nor landscape - nor even (and especially), to his own art. His life - the love of a woman, the paintings, the landscape he inhabits - all of this detail and feeling - he obscures and obliterates with surgical acts of "Erasure". I highly recommend reading this powerful and moving story by Jane Urquhart.
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