La Dormeuse de Naples
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La Dormeuse de Naples is a novel by French
author Adrien Goetz
which is not yet translated into English. It takes place in the early 19th century and revolves around an unknown, rumored painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
. It won the Prix des Deux Magots
. It was published in 2004 by La Passage publishing house.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
author Adrien Goetz
Adrien Goetz
Adrien Goetz is a French art critic and novelist. He graduated from the École Normale Supérieure. His work appeared in Zurban, and Beaux-Arts Magazine.He is a lecturer in Art History at the Sorbonne.-Awards:...
which is not yet translated into English. It takes place in the early 19th century and revolves around an unknown, rumored painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest...
. It won the Prix des Deux Magots
Prix des Deux Magots
The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt....
. It was published in 2004 by La Passage publishing house.