Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. A piece of the world by christina baker kline overdrive. The world of the woman immortalized in andrew wyeths haunting painting christinas world is imagined in klines orphan train intriguing novel. A piece of the world is a story for those who want the mysterious made real. This edition includes a fourcolor reproduction of andrew wyeths christinas world. Later he told me that hed been afraid to show me the painting. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. While my favorite is winter wheat, this book stirs the heart. A piece of the world looks deep within the story of an. The novel opens in 1939, on a farm in cushing, maine where middleaged christina olson resides with her brother, al.
In this beautifully observed fictional memoir, kline uses andrew wyeths iconic painting christinas world as the takingoff point for a moving portrait of the artists reallife muse. World book online is an engaging, verified, and trustworthy digital resource for grades prek through high school. Born in the home her family had lived in for generations, and increasingly incapacitated by illness, christina seemed destined for a small life. Told in evocative and lucid prose, a piece of the world is a story about the burdens and blessings of family history, and how artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy. Teresa stick with it i felt the same as you in the beginning but was happy to finish the book. A piece of the world is an intimate journey back and forth through christina olsons life. A piece of the world by christina baker kline summary. Told in evocative and lucid prose, a piece of the world is a story about the burdens and blessings of family history, and how artist and muse can come together to. The following version of this was used to create this study guide. A piece of the world ebook king county library system. Christina baker kline sets herself a stark challenge in her new novel giving flesh to the.
Wyeth, chistinas spinsterly life is a long litany of tough events, from a lifelong battle with. A piece of the world jumps back and forth in time, weaving together christinas child and young adulthoods with the defining event of her later decades. Compared to wyeths somewhat more exalted status as the son of illustrator n. A piece of the world christina baker kline paperback. A piece of the world is a thought provoking book about life on a farm, living with. Instead, for more than 20 years, she was host and inspiration for the artist andrew wyeth, and became the subject of one of the best known. Written in pockets of memories, reading this book is like bouncing around someones box of everyday trinkets, things kept for their personal significance, that, though seemingly random and unconnected, all somehow fit together into a compelling story. A piece of the world by christina baker kline book club. A piece of the world by christina baker kline goodreads. In her sixth novel, a piece of the world, she revisits that dichotomy, applying her observations to the saga.
Kline did an excellent job of filling in the story of the painter and his subject. Klines latest novel, a piece of the world, is based on an interesting premise. Kline is not the first novelist to base hisher novel on an actual painting or work of art. I really enjoyed reading christina baker klines book orphan train and so had confidence in her new book, a piece of the world. The paperback of the a piece of the world by christina baker kline at. Stay up to speed on all we have to offerplus activities, crafts, and blogs for parents and educators in our newsletter. To ask other readers questions about a piece of the world, please sign up. Wyeth painting comes to life in christina baker klines. A piece of the world is so atmospherically rich and utterly transporting, i didnt want leave christines world at books end. Mildred walker wins my heart again with her story, a piece of the world. Treasure is a motif that recurs throughout a piece of the world. Instant new york times bestseller a mustread for anyone who loves history and art. When young andrew wyeth first met christina olson at the door of her maine farmhouse in 1939, she was a middleaged spinster suffering from a debilitating, probably hereditary, neuropathological disease that alternately numbed and pained her limbs, and grievously compromised and eventually eroded her mobility, but. End of the world literature postapocalyptic fiction on.
Told in evocative and lucid prose, a piece of the world is a story about the. In this beautifully observed fictional memoir, kline uses andrew wyeths iconic painting christinas world as the takingoff point for a moving portrait of the artists reallife. To christina olson, the entire world was her familys remote farm in the small coastal town of cushing, maine. Like wyeths paintings, this is a vivid novel about hardscrabble lives and prairie grit and the seemingly small but significant beauties found. Do our natures dictate the choices we make, i wonder, or do we sometimes a sanctuary, sometimes a prison, that house on the hill has always been my home. A piece of the world is the absorbing fictionalized backstory of christina olson, the subject of the painting. Noahs ark and the flood that wiped earth clean of wicked mankind is an early example of postapocalyptic writing but the modern genre of end of the world literature can be traced back two centuries to mary shelleys the last man published in 1826. A piece of the world by christina baker kline, paperback. Book of the week people magazine 22017 new and noteworthy books usa today 22017 ten books you should read in february bbc 22017. Christina baker klines a piece of the world is a fictionalized look into the life of christina olsen, the toughminded farm woman who became a model, friend and occasional muse for surrealist painter andrew wyeth. A piece of the world by christina baker kline 309 pp. I want to reach in there and solve all the problems that are going on in the story, but alas, i cannot, so i eagerly turn the pages to see how mildred walker spins the story and am satisfied with the results.
Read free book excerpt from a piece of the world by christina baker kline, page 1 of 4. I fell in love with christina baker kline when i read orphan train last year. Synopsis a piece of the world is a graceful, moving and powerful demonstration of what can happen when a fearless literary imagination combines with an inexhaustible curiosity about the past and the human heart. A piece of the world by christina baker kline, paperback barnes. Instant new york times bestsellergraceful, moving and powerful. But, without pretending to any prophetic sagacity, we can certainly predict to that society, the. I was so captivated by this account of the woman in the famous painting christinas world by andrew wyeth. Things can always be worse and you can rely on novelists to put that phrase into cold, hard words on the page. Only at the end of the book where he paints christina do we get some meat, and well cover that at the end. The novel, which is told in a nonlinear fashion and which uses firstperson narration, is written completely in the present tense. Andrew wyeths 1948 painting christinas world is the spur for christina baker klines richly somber new novel, a piece of the world william morrow, 304 pp. A piece of the world is a powerful story of the fleshandblood woman behind the portrait, her complicated relationship to her family and inheritance, and how artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy.
A piece of the world by christina baker kline publication date. In her sixth novel, a piece of the world, she revisits that dichotomy, applying her observations to the saga behind andrew wyeths iconic painting, christinas world. Not surprisingly, kline grew interested in how the inner life could survive a lack of external comforts, an idea that sits at the heart of her 20 book, orphan train. Like wyeths paintings, this is a vivid novel about hardscrabble lives and. Reviewspraise for book clubs excerpt exclusive outtake christina and me essay this instant new york times bestseller is a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by andrew wyeths mysterious and iconic painting christinas world. She demonstrates an exceptional aptitude for writing, and matthias, for a time, indulges her with reed pens, papyri, and other 16 c. It definitely becomes an easier readpageturner beforemore stick with it i felt the same as you in the beginning but was happy to finish the book.
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