num_pages: 391
description: What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the artist, Bill Wechsler; and the two men embark on a life-long friendship. Leo's story, which spans twenty-five years, follows the growing involvement between his family and Bill's--an intricate constellation of attachments that includes the two men, their wives, Erica and Violet, and their sons, Matthew and Mark.The families live in the same New York apartment building, rent a house together in the summers and keep up a lively exchange of ideas about life and art, but the bonds between them are tested, first by sudden tragedy, and then by a monstrous duplicity that slowly comes to the surface. A beautifully written novel that combines the intimacy of a family saga with the suspense of a thriller, What I Loved is a deeply moving story about art, love, loss, and betrayal.
language: English
title: What I Loved
titlecomplete: What I Loved
genres: American, Art, New York, Book Club, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 19244
places: New York City, New York, New York (State)
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: Picador; Henry Holt and Company