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An outstanding debut novel about the conflicts of creativity and family and a love affair that survives against all the odds.
A new star has arrived on the literary scene.
What distinguishes this tale...is Kay's fine balance of romance and realism and her beautiful evocation of how paintings reflect their creator's experiences.
one dazzingly brilliantly executed scene after another...A marvel.
An impressive debut novel that paints a vivid portrait of a woman torn between the conflicts of creativity and familial duty.
sensual...Francesca Kay knows - and shows - how good art takes on a life all of its own.
an absorbing and ambitious debut
The supple, verbless sentences of Fracesca Kay's accomplished first novel create a sensuous prose full of colour, taste and smell.
This is an outstanding literary debut, with masterful variation in style and characterisation of deep insight
The most astounding success lies in the conjuring up of a lifetime's work - a glorious succession of paintings brought to sustained, poetic life.
Francesca Kay grew up in South-east Asia and India and has subsequently lived in Jamaica, the United States and Germany. Her first novel, An Equal Stillness, won the Orange Award for New Writers, and was shortlisted for Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Europe and South Asia Region). She lives with her family in Oxford.
A new star has arrived on the literary scene.
What distinguishes this tale...is Kay's fine balance of romance and realism and her beautiful evocation of how paintings reflect their creator's experiences.
one dazzingly brilliantly executed scene after another...A marvel.
An impressive debut novel that paints a vivid portrait of a woman torn between the conflicts of creativity and familial duty.
sensual...Francesca Kay knows - and shows - how good art takes on a life all of its own.
an absorbing and ambitious debut
The supple, verbless sentences of Fracesca Kay's accomplished first novel create a sensuous prose full of colour, taste and smell.
This is an outstanding literary debut, with masterful variation in style and characterisation of deep insight
The most astounding success lies in the conjuring up of a lifetime's work - a glorious succession of paintings brought to sustained, poetic life.
Francesca Kay grew up in South-east Asia and India and has subsequently lived in Jamaica, the United States and Germany. Her first novel, An Equal Stillness, won the Orange Award for New Writers, and was shortlisted for Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Europe and South Asia Region). She lives with her family in Oxford.