| Crows Over the Wheatfield Contributor(s): Braver, Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060782331 ISBN-13: 9780060782337 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: Driving home at dusk, Claire Andrews, an art history professor at a prestigious New England university, accidentally strikes and kills a boy. Though immediately cleared of blame, she is nonetheless left psychologically devastated and haunted by the accident's consequences. Meanwhile Claire wrestles with her study of Vincent van Gogh's "Crows over the Wheatfield" and the painting's mysterious relationship to its creator's untimely death. As worrisome parallels between the suicidal artist's life and her own begin to emerge, she'll have to reconcile herself to her past to become whole again . . . or surrender to the darkness that is enveloping her. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.36" W x 8.01" (0.48 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Driving home at dusk, Claire Andrews, an art history professor at a prestigious New England university, accidentally strikes and kills a boy. Though immediately cleared of blame, she is nonetheless left psychologically devastated and haunted by the accident's consequences. Meanwhile Claire wrestles with her study of Vincent van Gogh's Crows over the Wheatfield and the painting's mysterious relationship to its creator's untimely death. As worrisome parallels between the suicidal artist's life and her own begin to emerge, she'll have to reconcile herself to her past to become whole again . . . or surrender to the darkness that is enveloping her. |
Contributor Bio(s): Braver, Adam: - Adam Braver is the author of Divine Sarah and Mr. Lincoln's Wars. His work has appeared in Daedalus, Cimarron Review, Post Road, and Pittsburgh Quarterly. He teaches creative writing at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. |