The Underpainter, Governor General's Award winning novel by Jane Urquhart

Used trade paperback edition, cover and spine in very good condition, pages show yellow with age. The Underpainter is a novel of interwoven lives in which the world of art collides with the realm of human emotion. It is the story of Austin Fraser, an American painter now in his later years, who is haunted by memories of those whose lives most deeply touched his own, including a young Canadian soldier and china painter and the beautiful model who becomes Austin's mistress. Spanning decades, the setting moves from upstate New York to the northern shores of two Great Lakes; from France in World War One to New York City in the '20s and '30s. Please check out the other books I have listed here. If you can put together a bundle purchase you will save on shipping. Maximum bundle weight is 2.5. kg. This book weighs 0.20 kg.