Four figures in time
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Patricia Grossman.
Publisher: CALYX Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Corvallis, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Description: Full of astute observations on modern life, Four Figures in Time explores the struggle for art, ideas, and identity in a New York City art school. Sonya is an aging sculptor forced to take a teaching job to make ends meet; Claire, a sophomore infatuated with French Impressionism and in love with a woman; Danny, a working-class student fascinated with Mexican religious paintings and obsessed with Claire; and Otis, a middle-aged administrator and champion of disadvantaged students.

Four Figures in Time reveals these very different individuals whose lives coincidentally - and irretrievably - intersect.