Landscape: Memory
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Landscape: Memory is a 1990
American novel by Matthew Stadler
, the author's first novel. Set in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and in 1914-1916, the novel traces the youthful romance between American narrator Max and a Persian-British boy, Duncan.
The book is unusual in that the story is told both through prose and through 36 evolving versions of a single painting in various phases of creation and obliteration. The painting first appears as a simple landscape. Then, as the novel's central romance begins, two nude male figures are inserted in the foreground. Finally, the image is progressively blotted out with layers of black paint after the lovers are separated.
1990 in literature
The year 1990 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*J. K. Rowling gets the idea for Harry Potter while on a train ride from Manchester to London. She says "I was staring out the window, and the idea for Harry just came. He appeared in my mind's eye, very fully formed...
American novel by Matthew Stadler
Matthew Stadler
Matthew Stadler is a writer and editor who lives in Portland, Oregon. He has written four novels and received several awards and fellowships in recognition of his work. More recently, he has compiled four anthologies about literature, city life and public life...
, the author's first novel. Set in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and in 1914-1916, the novel traces the youthful romance between American narrator Max and a Persian-British boy, Duncan.
The book is unusual in that the story is told both through prose and through 36 evolving versions of a single painting in various phases of creation and obliteration. The painting first appears as a simple landscape. Then, as the novel's central romance begins, two nude male figures are inserted in the foreground. Finally, the image is progressively blotted out with layers of black paint after the lovers are separated.