Nobel Prize winner V.S NAIPAUL’s
cold, bereft, partly autobiographical book
can be fully appreciated only by an immigrant.
Its title, THE ENIGMA OF ARRIVAL, was
inspired by the sail, hinting at arrival,
in CHIRICO’s eponymous painting:
Giorgio de CHIRICO’s oil painting(Privately owned) was painted in Paris in 1912.The French poet Guillaume Apollinaire gavethe painting its title.
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“The Goldfinch” is a rarity that comes along
perhaps half a dozen times per decade,
a smartly written literary novel that
connects with the heart as well
as the mind.” –
Stephen King
Donna TART’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning
novel THE GOLDFINCH
features the Fabritius painting
THE GOLDFINCH (HET PUTTERTJE),Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands.Oil on panel, a trompe-l’oeil painted by DutchmanCarel FABRITIUS in 1654,the year of his death.In the 17th century, goldfinches werepopular pets because theycould be trained to drawwater from a bowl with aminiature bucket.
Griet, whose life is transformed by
her brief encounter with genius...
even as she herself is
immortalized...
(MEISJE MET DE PAREL)Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands1665tronie oil painting by DutchmanJohannes VERMEER.Thought to be a portrait of hisdaughter.
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