The Madonna Painter

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  • Author: Bouchard, Michel Marc
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    Recorded Books, Inc.

    Summary:

    At the end of the Great War, to protect his village from the Spanish flu epidemic, a priest commissions an Italian painter to decorate the local church with a fresco dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The painter is to choose, among four local women all named Mary, a model for his work. Superstition collides with desire, and lies are unmasked.

    Genre: Art and architecture
    Original Publisher: New York , Talonbooks
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9780889228184

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At the end of the Great War, to protect his village from the Spanish flu epidemic, a priest commissions an Italian painter to decorate the local church with a fresco dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The painter is to choose, among four local women all named Mary, a model for his work. Superstition collides with desire, and lies are unmasked.

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Art and architecture
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New York

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