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Beyond Measure

by Pauline Holdstock

CORMORANT BOOKS | August 16, 2003 | Trade Paperback

Nominated for the 2004 Commonwealth Prize

Winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize of the BC Book Prizes

Finalist for 2004 The Giller Prize

Nominated for the 2005 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize

The artistic world of mid-16th Century Italy comes to life through the eyes of a piebald slave stolen from her home and family in Africa.

Chiara, as she is eventually named, is sold to Paolo Pallavicino, an artist in service of Giuliano de Medici. When several unfortunate incidents occur, the artist''s wife believes her to be a curse and demands that she be sent away. From this starting point, Chiara works her way from painter to painter, observing the games the artists play on each other and the rivalries that fuel their artistic creations.  
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Nominated for the 2004 Commonwealth Prize

Winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize of the BC Book Prizes

Finalist for 2004 The Giller Prize

Nominated for the 2005 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize

The artistic world of mid-16th Century Italy comes to life through the eyes of a piebald slave stolen from her home and family in Africa.

Chiara, as she is eventually named, is sold to Paolo Pallavicino, an artist in service of Giuliano de Medici. When several unfortunate incidents occur, the artist''s wife believes her to be a curse and demands that she be sent away. From this starting point, Chiara works her way from painter to painter, observing the games the artists play on each other and the rivalries that fuel their artistic creations.  

About the Author

Pauline Holdstock was born in England and moved to Vancouver in 1974. She now lives on Vancouver Island, and is the author of many short stories, essays and anthologies. She was selected as a finalist for the Books In Canada First Novel Award in 1988 for The Blackbird''s Song and in 2002 was awarded first place for fiction by the Federation of BC Writers. Her sixth novel, Beyond Measure, was shortlisted for the 2004 Giller Prize.

Trade Paperback

300 Pages, 5.47 x 8.51 x 0.91 IN

August 16, 2003

CORMORANT BOOKS

English

Canadian Author


189695149X
9781896951492

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