Synopses & Reviews
In this richly atmospheric novel, a mysterious young woman named Solange Vernet arrives in Aix-en-Provence with her lover, a Darwinian scholar named Charles Westbury, and a year later is found strangled in a quarry outside the city. The young and inexperienced magistrate, Bernard Martin, finds his investigation caught in the crossfires of a raging cultural debate. Initially assuming that Solange's murder was a simple by either a jealous Cézanne or a betrayed Westbury, Bernard soon finds himself on a mission to unravel the secrets of Solange and Cezanne's hidden past. Exploring questions of science and religion that persist even to this day, is a provocative debut mystery about life, death, love, and art.
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"Could Paul Cézanne be a killer? Pope animates her canvas with plenty of vivid period detail. Francophiles and history buffs will find much to savor. A provocative debut. ()"
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" is a highly accomplished, compelling novel. Beneath an exquisite veneer of historical detail lurks a thoughtful exploration of science and religion, of old values and new, and of a woman's place in the world. (Hallie Ephron, )"
Synopsis
A beautiful young woman is found murdered . . . and the clues to her death point to her spurned lover, Paul Cézanne.
Synopsis
Initially assuming that Solange s murder was a simplecrime de passion by either a jealous Cezanne or a betrayed Westbury, Bernard soon finds himself on a mission to unravel the secrets of Solange and Cezanne s hidden past. Exploring questions of science and religion that persist even to this day, Cezanne s Quarry is a provocative debut mystery about life, death, love, and art. "
Synopsis
A beautiful young woman is found murdered . . . and the clues to her death point to her spurned lover, Paul Czanne.
About the Author
Barbara Corrado Pope is a historian and the founding director of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Oregon. She is the author of the novels