
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Edoardo Ballerini
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Dominic Smith
A masterful new story charts the circuitous course of the sole surviving work of a female Dutch painter.
This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds peopled by characters so intriguing and real that we can't shake them, even long after the audio's done.
In his award-winning earlier novels, Dominic Smith demonstrated a gift for coaxing the past to life. Now, in The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, he deftly bridges the historical and the contemporary, tracking a collision course between a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter of the golden age, an inheritor of the work in 1950s Manhattan, and a celebrated art historian who painted a forgery of it in her youth.
In 1631, Sara de Vos is admitted as a master painter to the Guild of St. Luke's in Holland, the first woman to be so recognized. Three hundred years later, only one work attributed to de Vos is known to remain - a haunting winter scene, At the Edge of a Wood, which hangs over the bed of a wealthy descendant of the original owner. An Australian grad student, Ellie Shipley, struggling to stay afloat in New York, agrees to paint a forgery of the landscape, a decision that will haunt her. Because now, half a century later, she's curating an exhibit of female Dutch painters, and both versions threaten to arrive.
As the three threads intersect, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos mesmerizes while it grapples with the demands of the artistic life, showing how the deceits of the past can forge the present.
This audiobook includes a reading group guide read by the author.
©2016 Dominic Smith (P)2016 Macmillan AudioListeners also enjoyed...




















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I replayed many passages just to hear the descriptions again.
One of the best books of the year
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This book flies by quickly as you are pulled into the story like a lucid dream. Atmospheric, interesting, & insightful.
My only qualm is the readers “female Australian accent”was more distracting than helpful. (The story is so good you will overlook the readers portrayal).
Hypnotic Story, A must read for anyone who loves art.
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Original story, whiney narration
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Not Your Typical Forgery Story
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highly recommend
intimate story. well developed characters the last painting
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I learned a great deal about many aspects of the world of art, therefore gaining a deep appreciation for Dutch painters, the struggles of women painters, and countless other topics.
I did experience difficulty understanding the performer. His sounds of "sh", "ch", and "st", seemed too loud, while other words were too soft. Thus, I was constantly trying to go back and discover exactly what was said. I would have enjoyed the book much more, if I could have enjoyed the performance.
Where am I now?
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cannot recommend enough
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Could listen to it again…
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Found my Prince
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I found Mr Ballerini's narration distracting to the point of seriously undercutting my enjoyment of the book. While his rendition of character voices in dialogue was good (which is why I gave it more than 1 star), the lilting, breathless narrative persona he often used for the frequent & sometimes lengthy descriptive passages reminded me of an undergraduate reading Robert Frost with an over the top reverential syrupyness that screamed, "this is really art!" at the expense of the true sense of the passage. Too stagey & melodramatic. The story's narrator's POV is omniscient & anonymous, but the same ethereal affectations are used in the descriptive passages for the experiences of all the main characters. A more understated approach that let the words create atmosphere & drama without telegraphing portentous meaning through over acting would have yielded better results.
Interesting, a bit contrived. Poor narration
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