She teaches in the mfa program at the university of miami. Jane alison s previous works on ovid include her first novel, the love artist 2001 and a songcycle entitled xenia with composer thomas sleeper, 2010. She is professor and director of creative writing at the university of virginia, and lives in charlottesville. A novel by jane alison and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Jane alison is the author of the loveartist and the marriage of the sea. The love artist, by jane alison caravaggio, by christopher peachment. In her first novel, the love artist, set in rome in the closing years of the reign of the emperor augustus, jane alison makes posthumous fame ovids guiding obsession. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. The prose both sparkles and steams, full of adjectives and images in reflection of the classical poets style. Jane is the author of a memoir, the sisters antipodes, and four novelsthe loveartist, the marriage of the sea, natives and exotics, and nine islandand is also the translator of ovids stories of sexual transformation, change me. J spends most of her days going to the pool, working on translatin. The great roman poet, author of ars amatoria and the metamorphoses, is the subject of alison s fascinating debut. In her cube, j embarks on a project similar to alisons own book change me 2014, translating sex stories by ovid into english. Set against the colorful backdrop of ovids rome, jane alison s the love artist dabbles in the sorcery of love and its most celebrated poet of the time.
Feb 04, 2002 an extraordinary book that captures the elusive texture of dreams. A novel imagines a mythic chance meeting that changed ovids life. Jane alisons new book, meander, spiral, explode, is out now from catapult. Introduction of jane alison poetry and exile in ancient. Why was ovid, the most popular author of his day, banished to the edges o. The love artist, the marriage of the sea, and natives and exotics. Read the love artist a novel by jane alison available from rakuten kobo. Apr 03, 2019 i was in the seventh grade when jane alisons debut novel, the loveartist, fell into my hands, and its effect on me was like a fullbody blush. Why was ovid, the most popular poet of his day, banished from rome. Design and pattern in narrative, and nine island, and more on. Ms alisons prose is as bewitching as xenia is described, as sensual and steamy as ovids the art of love, and as flawlessly complex and evocative of ancient rome as any. An extraordinary book that captures the elusive texture of dreams. This is a hypnotic tale, languid, dreamlike and erotic.
The loveartist by alison, jane and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Jane alison, who studied classics as an undergraduate and recently has translated some of ovids poetry, weaves a story of love, lust, ambition, desire. The loveartist by jane alison overdrive rakuten overdrive. See all books authored by jane alison, including meander, spiral, explode. In this strong debut novel, alison reimagines ovids sojourn on the east coast of the black sea, where emperor augustus, in the middle of a campaign to restore. Jane alison has created a haunting drama of psychological manipulation, and. Jane shumate alison 83 discusses her first novel, the loveartist. The novel is a suspenseful mystery, based on a gap in our knowledge about ovid, the roman poet who wrote the art of love and the metamorphoses long considered two of the masterpieces of classical literature. Jane alison is the author of a memoir, the sisters antipodes, and three novels the loveartist, the marriage of the sea, and natives and exotics and the translator of ovids stories of sexual transformation, change me. It is a swirling parable that touches on the opposed sorceries of art and magic, on tyranny and rebellion, and on the struggle of male and female. Set against the colorful backdrop of ovids rome, jane alisons the love artist dabbles in the sorcery of love and its most celebrated poet of the time. The love artist, by jane alison, is a marvelous first novel by a brilliant young writer.
Sep 27, 2016 author jane alison, a university of virginia english professor, has roamed among genres writing a memoir about her transition from childhood into early adulthood, a novel about the 2,000yearold poet ovid, and a translation of his work. Jane alison, who studied classics as an undergraduate and recently has translated some of ovids poetry, weaves a story of love, lust, ambition, desire, vengeance, and fate in a prose that is hypnotically beautiful. Jane alison is the author of a memoir, the sisters antipodes. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Her other books include a memoir, the sisters antipodes 2009, and two novels, natives and exotics 2005 and the marriage of the sea 2003. The narrator of alisons the loveartist wonderful novel, j, lives alone in the paradise of a miami beach highrise condo.
When i picked up this book i did not want to put it down, it catch my attention in the first few pages. The love artist is an exotic, brilliant and utterly compelling meditation on love, genius, and the artists and his or her muse unswerving quest for immortality. Jane alison is the author of the love artist and the marriage of the sea. The very last word of the fifteen books is vivam, i shall live forever. The love artist by jane alison and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Well let me start off by saying i am very picky with my books, if they dont catch my attention in the first few chapters then i will not finish it. Jane alison i n addition to nine island, recently published by catapult, jane alison is the author of a memoir, the sisters antipodes, and three novels the loveartist, the marriage of the sea, and natives and exotics and the translator of change me. The loveartist bestselling backlist book by jane alison. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Set against the colorful backdrop of ovids rome, jane alisons the love artist dabbles in the. The mythic dimensions are less cosmic but more sharply drawn in jane alison s new novel, the loveartist. She teaches in the mfa programs at the university of miami and queens university in charlotte. This is a first novel that any well established novelist could learn from.
The mythic dimensions are less cosmic but more sharply drawn in jane alison s new novel, the love artist. With this book jane alison has become an author to follow. The love artist, by jane alison caravaggio, by christopher. Jane alison books list of books by author jane alison. A darkly brilliant first novel that imagines a missing chapter in the life of ovid. Jane alison is the author of a memoir, the sisters antipodes, and three novels the love artist, the marriage of the sea, and natives and exotics and the translator of ovids stories of sexual transformation, change me. It was followed by the marriage of the sea, a new york times notable book 5 of 2003. So jane alison s novel the love artist is an attempt to imagine the context and circumstances of ovids exile by telling a story about a prior trip he took to the shores of the black sea and what he found there. Everyone in this book is known only by their first initial or their role, such as my mother or partboy, contributing to the sense of disconnection j and the reader experience together. Jane alison is the author of three novels, the love artist, the marriage of the sea, and natives and exotics.
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