{"id":4421,"date":"2014-05-06T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780385352093"},"modified":"2014-05-06T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T05:30:00","slug":"the-painter-by-peter-heller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookim.org\/index.php\/2014\/05\/06\/the-painter-by-peter-heller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Painter by Peter Heller"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Painter<\/a> A novel
Written by<\/b> Peter Heller<\/a><\/h3>\n

Hardcover<\/b>, 384 pages | Knopf | Fiction – Literary; Fiction – Crime; Fiction – Westerns | $24.95<\/b> | May 6, 2014 | 978-0-385-35209-3 (0-385-35209-3)<\/p>\n

Peter Heller, the celebrated author of the breakout best seller The Dog Stars,<\/i> returns with an achingly beautiful, wildly suspenseful second novel about an artist trying to outrun his past. <\/p>\n

Jim Stegner has seen his share of violence and loss. Years ago he shot a man in a bar. His marriage disintegrated. He grieved the one thing he loved. In the wake of tragedy, Jim, a well-known expressionist painter, abandoned the art scene of Santa Fe to start fresh in the valleys of rural Colorado. Now he spends his days painting and fly-fishing, trying to find a way to live with the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. He works with a lovely model. His paintings fetch excellent prices. But one afternoon, on a dirt road, Jim comes across a man beating a small horse, and a brutal encounter rips his quiet life wide open. Fleeing Colorado, chased by men set on retribution, Jim returns to New Mexico, tormented by his own relentless conscience.<\/p>\n

A stunning, savage novel of art and violence, love and grief, The Painter <\/i>is the story of a man who longs to transcend the shadows in his heart, a man intent on using the losses he has suffered to create a meaningful life.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n


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