A Fog Of Ghosts and Secrets
Nicoletta Gramantieri
Paris Noir. The Self-portrait – vol. 1
Adventure
Mystery
When art turns to crime, three young painters must solve mysteries and murders.
Paris, 1856. Claude (Monet), a rebellious and reckless young man, Pierre (Renoir), penniless, and Berthe (Morisot), an aspiring painter in a world of male artists, are eager for life and still searching for their style when they first meet in front of their teacher Maurice Arnaud’s studio. But, behind the door, the teacher lies on the floor among his brushes; dead under mysterious circumstances while working on his final masterpiece, a self-portrait. From that moment on, the three young people, who will later become monumental figures of Impressionism, find themselves involved in the most incredible adventure of all.
- Two leading children’s authors, the finalist and the winner of the 2019 Strega Prize, join forces again in another incredible children’s adventure.
- A series of cases linked to the world of art, Bohemian artists, and what the three of them (and other friends like Cézanne, Manet – who Berthe will marry – Gauguin, Toulouse- Lautrec) will become: impressionist painters.
From the same series (Paris Noir): The headless man, The Orange Seed Murder.
Publisher:
Battello a Vapore
Target:
10+
Year:
2020
Author
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica, and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.
Author
Guido Sgardoli
Born in San Donà di Piave (VE), a graduate in Veterinary Medicine, and a full-time writer. He collaborated for several years with newspapers, magazines, and websites dedicated to road trips, focusing on the history and traditions of the United States. He has had a long-standing interest in Ufology, Paranormal Phenomena, Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, and the History of the United States and Native Americans.
In addition to his love of animals, he has always cherished books since childhood. Like many people, one day he decided to write his own story. Since then, he has never stopped, and in 2004, he published his first book, followed by many others: adventurous, entertaining stories filled with various "animality" that are beloved and widely read by children and young readers.
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