A Certain Slant of Light
It is a glorious, heady time - Paris in the 1920s. American expat Celeste Winslow is part of the cultural elite of Paris, friend of Jean Cocteau, Coco Chanel, Sylvia Beach, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Man Ray, Pablo Picasso, Maurice Ravel, and others. She lives in the house of deceased visionary artist Lucienne Doucet, and is the guardian of that artist's legacy. Celeste is becoming a visionary artist herself.
Celeste seems to have it all, but deep down she feels empty, haunted by loss. Her marriage is falling apart, and family tragedy turns her into a wanderer, her life an odyssey through a world of despair and cosmic wonder.
Celeste has many experiences in this vibrant time - a journey in an innovative airplane to a mysterious ancient temple, visions from an alien artifact, voyages into a sad, yet hopeful future.
240 pages
English edition · First published 2023 by Independently published · ISBN 9798378833894
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