False Dawn

Twenty-one-year-old Lewis Raycie about to embark on a Grand Tour is advised by his father to seek out works of art for a gallery with their family name. However, when Lewis returns, the paintings he has selected are not what his father expected. Art Fiction is a literary genre in which art is not solely an object, but is a reflection of what is human in all of us. Other examples are:Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierGlimpses of Gauguin by Maryann D'AgincourtTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfPrintz by Maryann D'AgincourtMay Name is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokMoon and Sixpence by Somerset MaughamShade and Light by Maryann D'AgincourtThe Shadow Catcher by Marianne WigginsThe Real Thing by Henry JamesThe Gold Finch by Donna TarttThe Art Forger by B.A. ShapiroJournal of Eva Morelli by Maryann D'AgincourtThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantA Painter of Our Time by John BergerThe Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland