The garden of the peacocks
By: Anthony Weller.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Marlowe & Co.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Sculptors -- Fiction.; Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Description: Anthony Weller's debut, The Garden of the Peacocks, is an exquisite and intricate novel that ranges from Havana to New York, Barcelona, and the Bahamas. Spanning five decades, it follows a father and daughter haunted by artistic genius, exile and suicide. In the tradition of W. Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence and Joyce Cary's The Horse's Mouth, it illuminates unforgettably the sacrifices and deep contradictions behind great art - and the heavy price paid for immortal beauty by those around it.