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The Art Student's War (2009)

by Brad Leithauser(Favorite Author)

3.22 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0307271110 (ISBN13: 9780307271112)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Knopf

review 1: I had a wonderful time reading this book. It was not until I got to the very end of the book that I realized that the "war" in the title is not WWII, but and internal, family war. A very interesting portrait of Detroit at it's height and one "artist". Very interesting to read about the inner turmoil of a young woman of that era. I thought it was interesting that, though he does not really know the story of his mother-in-law, the author took one aspect of her life, drawing portraits of wounded soldiers during WWII, and wove it into a fascinating story. I would like to read other works by this author.
review 2: I read a lot of reviews of this book bashing the 2nd half. I didn't see what they saw, because I thought the second half was very similiar to the fi... morerst half, and it was in total, a very thoughtful, interesting book. It was a slice of life of a time and place I knew nothing about, and I appreciated the glimpse into Bianca's world. I really enjoyed and found no major faults with this book at all! less

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