Club in Montmartre: An Encounter with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Art Encounters)

• Mike Resnicks first story outside the science-fiction genre

• Compelling story of overcoming obstacles

• Toulouse-Lautrecs lively posters and art are popular with young adults

At the cabarets and brothels of Montmartre, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is a well-known visitor. Brilliant, rich, and deformed, Toulouse-Lautrec carries on flirtations and relationships with many womenprostitutes as well as famous singers and dancers. In A Club in Montmartre, renowned writer Mike Resnick imagines the lonely artist meeting a starving waif, Dany, at the famous Moulin Rouge. Dany, like so many before her, falls under the spell of the dissolute can-can dancer known as La Goulue. Toulouse-Lautrec wages a Faustian battle with La Goulue for the young girls soul even as he is losing the battle for his own, slipping deeper and deeper into alcoholism and bitterness. This deeply felt story, Resnicks first in a genre other than science fiction, captures the intensity of a genius caught between his limitations and his aspirations.

This deeply felt story, Resnick's first in a genre other than science fiction, captures the intensity of a genius caught between his limitations and his aspirations.

Mike Resnick is the author of many award-winning books, including Kirinyaga and Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge. His writing career spans more than thirty years, and he has received many international awards for science fiction, including four Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, a Clarke nomination, and five Seiun-shos. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.