...in the text, all events are of my own imagination. During the 19th century, and for nearly the first half of the 20th century, French women were not... ...er or husband. They had no property rights, not even to their own clothing and jewelry. They had no legal status whatsoever outside of being a daug... ...re Delacroix’s background, and her intellectual rebellion against her place in “proper society.” Everyone I have spoken to has his or her own vision ... ... inspiration. I am also grateful to Paddy Doyle Cathcart, who became Pierre in these pages. Jacket design by James Courtney (c) Sharon E. Cathcart, 2... ... than I’d imagined possible. I tried to keep a normal life, going to cafes, galleries and museums; always, I imagined Erik there with me. Zareh and... ...ned possible. I tried to keep a normal life, going to cafes, galleries and museums; always, I imagined Erik there with me. Zareh and Antoinette vis... ...hat were kept there. I could take exercise by walking up and down the many galleries at the same time I was looking at the collections. I also enj... ... him handsomely to do it. So, it is he who goes with you to the cafes, 78 museums, gardens and market. It is he with whom you discuss books and en... ...onship, regardless of her plainspoken ways. Gilbert developed an interest in art and took up drawing. I would sometimes wake to find him sketching s...

...When French equestrian Claire Delacroix loses her fiance in a tragic accident, she comes to live at the Paris Opera during its 1890s heyday. Whilst working at the opera, she meets a mysterious, masked stranger: Erik. Is it possible that the two of them will heal the pain of each ot...

... --Steven Sills "So he spoke, and the bright-eyed goddess, Athene, was pleased that she was the god he pr... ...that she was the god he prayed to before all the others. She put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a mosquito, ... ...god he prayed to before all the others. She put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a mosquito, which, though con... ...1 They, with their driver, went down Ramkhamhaeng Road singularly in the scope of their thoughts but conditioned into repudiating their alone... ..." She smiled but the word, favorable as it was, didn't have the flavor of Paris or cities in America. "What will you do there?" Nawin wonde... ...Nawin wondered what she would be doing there. She had escorted him around galleries, parties, and auditoriums where he gave speeches. Bangkok gossip ... ...s quest. At least twice when he encountered friends of his from Silpakorn Art University with bags in their hands he would talk to them for a half ho... ...hing next to his heart, in the pocket of his shirt, were the slides of his art depicting the naked and dejected whores of Patpong that had ejaculated ... ...ow. Have you ever been in here?" "No, what is it?" "Do you like museums?" "I love learning. That's all I love." "Not just Laotia...

This book is about an individual in dire poverty who makes his way in Bangkok from a sidewalk restaurant worker to a famous prostitute painter

... Book One: Sang Huin "It is probable, then, that if a man should arrive in our city, so clever as to be able to assume any character and imi... ...uld arrive in our city, so clever as to be able to assume any character and imitate any object, and should propose to make a public display ... ... object, and should propose to make a public display of his talents and his productions, we shall pay him reverence as a sacred, admirab... ... neglecting his school friend from the conversation. After visiting a couple museums, Sung Ki gave Sang Huin his beeper number. Sang Huin invited him ... ... He didn't have to do all that much but be able to speak English. He went to museums in Seoul on his free time even though the experience was a bit re... ...broad and muscular German frame elegance as she got ready to take her son to galleries, temporary exhibits, and then to have him sit alone in a corner... ...ies, temporary exhibits, and then to have him sit alone in a corner at these art parties where cheques were often signed. He saw him sitting in those... ...ot under the directive of his own will. The book is of 20th century American art and contains a few examples of his mother's work. Only pleasures from... ... that pivotal expectation that if she were able to find the addresses of art galleries the curators there would guide her toward various amateur art f...

...This work is about a Korean American teaching in his homeland, feeling lost in Korean culture and that his own life is an outlier to this conservative society. As he lives there, making his living as an English teacher, he writes of Gabriele, a single parent in Ithaca N...