The center of the world
By: Thomas Van Essen
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9781590515495; 9781590515501
Subjects: Art; Fiction
Description: Alternating between 19th-century Europe and present-day New England, this novel, exploring the ever-evolving role of art in our lives, follows Henry who, stumbling upon a controversial painting of Helen of Troy that had been thought to be lost forever, is torn between wanting to sell the work and keeping something of beauty in his life.