The Kiss
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780749005573
Subjects: Modern fiction; Popular English Fiction; Fiction - General; Fiction; General; Fiction / Romance / Contemporary; Romance - General
First sentence: It is raining, on a November afternoon, and cold.
Description: "Cormac, born and brought up in Belfast, living now in Edinburgh with his wife and children, is an art teacher, an admirer of Rodin and a sculptor himself. When he tries to transmit his enthusiasm for Rodin to his students he finds his words tend to fall on stony ground, except when it comes to Clarinda Bain." "Fifteen years old, beautiful and fiercely intelligent, Clarinda is his keenest and most ardent student. On a school trip to Paris she becomes obsessed by the work and life of Gwen John, in particular by her affair with Rodin. She then begins to mirror this relationship by becoming obsessed herself with her own mentor, which throws Cormac's life as a teacher and husband into confusion."--BOOK JACKET.