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Kamieniołom Cezanne'a (2008)

by Barbara Pope(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Prószyński i S-ka

series

Bernard Martin Mystery

review 1: The author blends the atmosphere and flavor of 19th century France with the murder of a mysterious and beautiful woman. The investigative judge has two weeks in which to solve it and the two suspects are Paul Cezanne and an Englishman. The author used some of the incidents in this story to give an explanation of some of Cezanne's early works which made the fictional murder appear to be real. I really enjoyed the book
review 2: About forty years ago I was an American studying French in Aix in a summer program and I had drinks in a café called "Les Deux Garçons" in honor of Cézanne and Zola, who grew up there. I had trouble finding Cézanne's studio, but had no trouble seeing the Mont ST. Victoire. Pope talks about real people like Zola and Cézanne in "C... moreézanne's Quarry" and blends them in with a murder mystery and the controversy over Darwin's ideas. The impoverished young judge tries to be impartial and fair, while dealing with his own past and his own flaws. Absinthe is mentioned. The food sounds good. A good escape and a good way of finding out about a fascinating period in French History. Kept my mind off the possible arrival of a hurricane, and that's not bad! less

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