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GIVEAWAY! The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova

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Description

Andrew Marlow, a psychiatrist, has a perfectly ordered life–solitary, perhaps, but full of devotion to his profession and the painting hobby he loves. This order is destroyed when the renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes Marlow’s patient.

When Oliver refuses to talk or cooperate, Marlow finds himself going beyond his own legal and ethical boundaries to understand the secret that torments this silent genius, a journey that will lead him into the lives of the women closest to Robert Oliver and toward a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism.

Moving from American museums to the coast of Normandy, from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth, from young love to last love, THE SWAN THIEVES is a story of obsession, the losses of history, and the power of art to preserve human hope.

About the Author

Elizabeth Kostova is the author of the international bestseller The Historian. She graduated from Yale and holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress.

Details

  • Paperback: 592 pages
  • Publisher: Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (November 3, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 031606579X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316065795

WANT TO WIN A COPY OF THIS BOOK?

Contest is open to anyone with a US or Canadian mailing addresses (no PO Boxes)

Contest ends on 12.3.10 Winner will be chosen by Random.org on 12.4.10
Winner will have 48 hours to respond to email or a new winner will be chosen.
This giveaway is sponsored by Hachette Book Group and up to three books will be available depending on entries.
Only one winner per household address!

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Comments

  1. I cannot wait to read this book! I loved The Historian! As for an interesting fact on her website: she won The Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress from The University of Michigan!

  11. Thanks for the contest! Swan Thieves is one of those books I would love to read/listen to but haven’t seemed to pick up yet!

    teagirl1 at telus dot net

  17. I haven’t read any of Kostova’s work yet, but from what I can see, I’m definitely missing out! Thanks for the giveaway!

    I also follow Forever Young (Adult) as jewelknits!

    Julie @ Knitting and Sundries
    knittingandsundries(at)gmail(dot)com

  41. I soooooo want to read this book! If I don’t win it here, it’s going on my wish list. Thanks for the GREAT giveaway!

    BornajhawkATaolDOTcom

  42. After visiting the author’s website, I learned that her first book “The Historian” is going to be made into a movie.

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    An email has been sent to the lucky people named above (first part of their email address in case my note ends up in spam). The winner(s) has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

    Thanks to all who entered.