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Museum At Purgatory

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Museum At Purgatory

by Nick Bantock

Harpercollins Canada, Limited | September 25, 2000 | Trade Paperback


Escape with a beautifully illustrated, three-dimensional journey into the soul. In this novel, readers tour a museum in Purgatory, where each newly departed soul must come to terms with inner turmoil and contemplate its ultimate worth. As the narrator leads readers through each display room, the stories and accumulated treasures of the lost souls are revealed. Complete with Nick Bantock's paintings, engravings, collages and drawings, The Museum at Purgatory effectively combines themes of love, loss and the search for one's true self.
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    vic spicer

    Rating: 5/5

    familiar territory, beautiful artwork

    vic spicer

    12 years ago

    bantock has produced another immensely enjoyable work. while the theme of the wounded artist is a familiar one for him, it's done with a minimal narrative style which concentrates on images, expressing the mix of whimsy, terror and longing in a captivating way.

    the guts of the book are ten display rooms of collections and artworks. my favorite is the "historically forged" toy throw-tops, each in turn with their own little narrative of the imagined creator.

    everything is wrapped up at the end with a narrative by the museum's curator. it's worth reading the book over again at this point, as the book takes on new depth once things are revealed.

    production values are excellent- wonderful paper, wide margins, an obsessive attention to detail, and even some purgatory stamps in a little envelope in the back.


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Escape with a beautifully illustrated, three-dimensional journey into the soul. In this novel, readers tour a museum in Purgatory, where each newly departed soul must come to terms with inner turmoil and contemplate its ultimate worth. As the narrator leads readers through each display room, the stories and accumulated treasures of the lost souls are revealed. Complete with Nick Bantock's paintings, engravings, collages and drawings, The Museum at Purgatory effectively combines themes of love, loss and the search for one's true self.

About the Author

Nick Bantock was born in Stourbridge, England on the 14th of July 1949. He went to school in the suburbs of North East London, and from there moved on to an art college in the market town of Maidstone, Kent. At the age of 23, he quit his job in a gambling house and began working as a freelance illustrator. In 16 years he produced approximately 300 book covers, including novels by Philip Roth and John Updike. During the winter of 1988 he moved to Vancouver Canada, and two years later started work on his own books. He is most well known for his Griffin and Sabine Trilogy, an artful representation of a long distance romance.

Trade Paperback

128 Pages, 7.95 x 7.72 x 0.45 in

September 25, 2000

Harpercollins Canada, Limited

English

Canadian Author


0006485162
9780006485162

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