
Discipline
Debra Spark(Author)
Four Way Books (Publisher)
Published on 15. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-1-954245-98-3 (ISBN)
Description
How does art mirror and shape our lives? Can it transcend the boundaries of time, wealth, and circumstance? Debra Spark--whose previous work the Washington Post described as "richly imaginative" and "real world magic"--explores these themes in her new novel Discipline. With a trio of important paintings missing, the book weaves together three narratives that span almost a century. From an inhumane boarding school in Maine in the late 1970s to a contemporary Boston art appraiser struggling with raising a teen to the long-lost love letters between a painter and his wife, Discipline is a propulsive literary mystery about family strife and devotion, ambition and authorship, and the abiding and mysterious power of art.
Inspired by the life and family of Walt Kuhn (the painter responsible for the 1913 Armory Show that introduced Americans to modernism) and the scandal-ridden Elan boarding school that was forced to shut down in 2011, this richly drawn, suspenseful novel shows Spark at her most masterful.More details
Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-954245-98-3 (9781954245983)
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Person
Debra Spark is the author of four previous novels, two collections of short stories, and two books of essays about the craft of fiction. She also has edited or co-edited two anthologies. She teaches at Colby College and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.