- Death, Fiction, Grandfathers, Artists
Knowing that he is dying, Jess's grandfather insists on returning to the river he had known as a boy to finish a special painting and fulfill a life-long dream. At first, Jess cannot understand why this painting is so important to her grandfather, especially since there doesn't seem to be any boy in it at all.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and intimate.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Tim Bowler
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 234
- Publisher
- Simon Pulse
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780689848049
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