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...critics comes in the form of the Fogg’s new curatorial masterpiece, “Mondrian: the Transatlantic Paintings.” With the academic rigor and focus on conservation expected of a university, the exhibit singlehandedly restores Mondrian’s reputation as a painter who knew how to manipulate our innate response to color and form...
...eighth novel, The Painter of Birds, Lídia Jorge aims to create a story full of rich language and imagery. And perhaps when read in its original Portuguese the novel achieves her goal. But in translation, much of this richness is lost. The novel seems to be competing with itself: the timeframe, plot line and character interactions are complex, but the writing itself is simple. This competition works against the novel, making it good, but not outstanding...
...Painter of Birds documents the lives and relations of an extended Portuguese family living through and after World War II. Told through the varying points of view of an omnipresent narrator and the story’s protagonist, The Painter of Birds is a coming of age story much like Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. Jorge’s characters, like Alvarez’s, live in a large family compound under the guidance of a stern father who watches in pain as his offspring leave him and his family values behind...
...lover and suddenly the narrator leaves the room in which she spent most of the first half of the novel and explores the area around her. It is in this time that she explores her sexuality, as well. As the characters mesh together and time becomes more constant, The Painter of Birds comes together...
...Painter of birds...