The Trial of True Love
, by NICHOLSON, WILLIAMNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781400096619 | 1400096618
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/12/2007
Fast-paced, beautifully crafted, and intellectually stimulating,The Trial of True Loveis a captivating exploration of the nature of love, its elusiveness, and most of all, the universal human need to find it. Bron is a thirty-year-old writer living in London, a seemingly incurable heartbreaker and dodger of commitment. He is fascinated by the symbolist artist Paul Marotte and has made the artist the center of a book he is writing about love at first sight. On a visit to a friend's country house, Bron encounters the beautiful, enigmatic Flora and suddenly the theme of his book takes on a completely new, intensely personal dimension. His pursuit of Flora takes him to Amsterdam, where a mysterious art collector offers to help him find the object of his desire, and the search for "true love" takes surprising twists. With the touch of a master, William Nicholson weaves thought-provoking reflections on art, literature, and human nature in a suspense-filled love storya novel that touches both the heart and the mind.