![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fans of epoch-hopping fictions such as Cunningham's and David Mitchell's will enjoy tracing understated commonalities between the various plot lines and period-specific settings, which Smith nimbly depicts. Smith lists Michael Cunningham among his favorite authors, and it's easy to see the influence. In doing so, Smith's novel skips lightly between the plague years of Golden Age Amsterdam, jazz clubs of 1950s New York City and the art world of Millennial Sydney. "The Last Painting" braids Ellie's story together with the life of the titular Sara, a fictionalized amalgam of the few Dutch women painters admitted to the prestigious Guilds of Saint Luke, and that of Marty de Groot, an old-money New Yorker who sleeps beneath Sara's sole known masterpiece. ![]()
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