The Painter of Battles

The Painter of Battles - Paperback

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The Painter of Battles - Paperback

The Painter of Battles - Paperback

by Arturo Perez-Reverte
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by Arturo Perez-Reverte (Author), Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)

Andrés Faulques, a world-renowned war photographer, has retreated to a tower overlooking the Spanish coast, where he paints a vast mural incorporating the indelible images of conflict he's witnessed in his lifetime.

One night, an unexpected visitor interrupts his solitude. As Faulques struggles to recall the face, the man explains that he was the subject of an iconic photo taken by Faulques in a war zone years ago-a photo that destroyed his life. "And why have you come looking for me?" asks Faulques. The stranger answers, "Because I'm going to kill you."

So begins a life-or-death exchange in which Faulques is forced to recall a time when he loved a beautiful woman and risked his life daily for art and testimony. Yet as the tense dialogue between Faulques and his would-be killer continues, the stakes grow even higher. What they are grappling with becomes not just Faulques' fate, but the very nature of love and cruelty itself.

Author Biography

Arturo Pérez-Reverte's bestselling books, including The Club Dumas, The Flanders Panel, The Fencing Master, and the Captain Alatriste series, have been translated into thirty-four languages in fifty countries and have sold millions of copies. Born in Cartagena, Spain, Pérez-Reverte now lives in Madrid, where he was recently elected to the Spanish Royal Academy. A former war journalist, he covered conflicts in Angola, Bosnia, Croatia, El Salvador, Lebanon, Nicaragua, the Persian Gulf, and Sudan, among others. He now writes fiction full time.

Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.96 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: March 10, 2009
ISBN9780812977301
Author Arturo Perez-Reverte
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages224
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Arturo Pérez-Reverte was born in Cartagena, Spain, in 1951. He was a war correspondent for twenty-one years and covered eighteen armed conflicts for newspapers and television. With more than twenty-seven million books sold worldwide, translated into forty languages, many of his works have been made into films and television. Today, he devotes his life to literature and to sailing. He is a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.

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