THE PAINTER’S WOMEN: GOYA IN LIGHT AND SHADE

Book ID/图书代码： 14934115B85262

English Summary/英文概要： "The Painter’s Women: Goya in Light and Shade" is for anyone interested in art, storytelling and the life of a most challenging artist. Francisco Goya’s life, work and loves are reflected through the eyes of six women who knew the painter intimately during his long and eventful life: his daughter, wife, mistress, daughter-in-law, a duchess, and a young model.

The story opens in 1828 at Goya’s deathbed in Bordeaux in the voice of his adored but unacknowledged fourteen-year-old daughter, Rosario, who has stayed and talked to her old father all night after his death.

Gumersinda, the wife of Goya’s only surviving son Javier, who has travelled reluctantly from Madrid to be at the dying artist’s bedside and funeral has a viperish view of her father-in-law and of his work. She is determined that neither Rosario nor her mother Leocadia, Goya’s much younger mistress, will inherit any of Goya’s wealth.

Leocadia recounts the difficulties of living with a taciturn deaf old man.

Josefa, Goya’s wife of forty years, an unassuming reserved woman, speaks to Goya from her deathbed. She has witnessed his rise to fame and his becoming the Court Painter. She has endured the deaths of six of their infants, his many unexplained absences, the rumours of his affairs.

The beautiful, feisty young Duchess of Alba first meets Goya in 1795 when she comes to his studio and commands him to paint her face. After her husband’s death, she invites Goya to Andalusia where they spend some months together.

Dolores is young girl on the make at the Duchess’s home in Andalusia. She is enticed by the Duchess to become Goya’s model for some rather audacious drawings.

Fionnuala Brennan reveals with knowledge, imagination, and convincingness often contradictory aspects of the character and work of this enigmatic artist who lived through a most turbulent period in European history.

“From the six female narrative voices that comprise "The Painter’s Women", there emerges an intriguing portrait of the artist Francisco de Goya. A complex character who insisted that his deafness made him see more clearly, Goya dominates the novel. Ambitious and difficult, unfaithful and generous, uncompromising and volatile: we see the man and the influences, both personal and political, that underpinned such masterpieces as Los Desastres de la Guerra and Los Caprichos.” —Catherine Dunne

“The Painter’s Women is a Cubist view of Goya. Fionnuala Brennan creates shards of the great painter as viewed by the women who competed with one another for a slice of his affections. Rich in historical detail and powerfully atmospheric, The Painter’s Women is as dark, passionate and haunting as a Goya masterpiece.” —Mary Morrissy

“An original and impressive novel that carries its learning lightly and makes for compelling and enjoyable reading.” —Marie Heaney

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书适合对艺术、故事和这位艺术大师感兴趣的读者阅读。本书通过与戈雅关系密切的6位女性的视角展现戈雅的人生、作品和情感历程。这6位女性包括戈雅的女儿、妻子、情妇、儿媳、公爵夫人和年轻模特。

故事从1828年开始——戈雅从未公开的宝贝女儿、14岁的Rosario在父亲临终的床前倾诉了一整晚。戈雅唯一在世的儿子Javier的妻子Gumersinda不情愿地从马德里来到这位垂死的艺术家身边为他送终。她对自己的公公和他的作品怀揣着不可告人的目的。她下定决心不让戈雅的小情妇Leocadia和她的女儿Rosario继承戈雅的财产。Leocadia叙述了与这位年迈而沉默寡言的聋人共同生活的艰辛。与戈雅共同生活了40年的妻子Josefa见证了戈雅的成名并成为宫廷画师的历程，并经历了失去6个孩子的痛苦，期间还要默默承受戈雅对家庭的置若罔闻和各种桃色新闻。美丽年轻的公爵夫人在1795年与戈雅第一次见面，后来她来到戈雅的工作室请他为自己画像。在她的丈夫死后，她曾邀请戈雅前往安达露西亚一起待了几个月。Dolores是公爵夫人家一心追逐名利的年轻女孩，在公爵夫人的怂恿下担任了戈雅多幅大胆画作的模特。

作者Fionnuala Brennan运用知识和想象，将这位生活在欧洲历史上最动荡时期的神秘画家的性格和作品呈现在了读者面前，极具说服力。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“本书通过6位女性的叙述展现了戈雅迷人的形象。小说的主体是戈雅这位坚持认为耳聋让自己看得更加清晰的艺术家，他雄心勃勃却不易相处，慷慨大方但不忠诚，永不妥协却非常善变。我们能够通过本书了解这位艺术家以及对他的旷世杰作产生影响的个人及政治因素。”——Catherine Dunne

“这是一部令人印象深刻的原创小说。作者轻松地融入了各种知识，创作出这部引人入胜、轻松愉快的作品。”——Marie Heaney

About the Author/作者介绍： Fionnuala Brennan从7岁就开始创作鬼故事，此后创作了不少日志、欧亚非游记和短篇小说。在将两个女儿抚养成人并结束全职工作以后，她出版了旅行回忆录《在希腊小岛上（On a Greek Island）》、小说《万物回归（All Things Return）》、几篇获奖短片小说和一部二幕剧《血根草（Bloodroot）》。她出于对画家戈雅的热爱创作了这部小说。

Fionnuala Brennan started writing ghost stories at the age of seven and has been writing ever since: journals, accounts of her travels in Europe, Africa and Asia, short stories. Eventually, when she had finished rearing her two daughters and working full time, she decided to release some of this stuff from captivity in her desk drawer and published "On a Greek Island", a travel memoir, a novel called "All Things Return", several prize-winning short stories as well as a two-act play "Bloodroot". "The Painter’s Women" results from her fascination with Francisco de Goya.

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