In his third novel, out this month, the author tells the story of an art history professor whose life is marked by loss
When C.S. Richardson took the leap from his day job of designing books to writing them, he instantly found success with his 2007 debut. The spare, elegant novel was an international bestseller and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize. His cinematic 2012 follow-up,Richardson’s third novel,, is – finally – out this month. The book is a short but dense story about Henry, an art history professor whose life is marked by tragedy and the restorative power of art.
To weave Henry’s memories throughout the narrative, Richardson drew on the idea of the Victorian “commonplace book,” a depository for observations, musings and mementos. In the novel, Henry often returns to keepsakes he saves in an old art textbook over the years, which mark key moments in his life. Richardson, whose research was extensive enough that the novel’s acknowledgments note that a list of his sources would be longer than the book itself, wanted to accurately capture the artistic movements and masterpieces that an art history professor like Henry would teach – and appreciate.
And Henry? Richardson doesn’t hesitate: “I think it would be the Caravaggios and Géricaults of the world, where their paintings are telling stories.”
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