The Swan Thieves: A NovelPsychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism. Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. The Swan Theives is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope. |
Contents
CHAPTER 6 | |
CHAPTER 7 | |
CHAPTER 8 | |
CHAPTER 54 | |
CHAPTER 55 | |
CHAPTER 56 | |
CHAPTER 58 | |
CHAPTER 59 | |
CHAPTER 60 | |
CHAPTER 61 | |
CHAPTER 62 | |
CHAPTER 9 | |
CHAPTER 10 | |
CHAPTER 11 | |
CHAPTER 12 | |
CHAPTER 13 | |
CHAPTER 14 | |
CHAPTER 15 | |
CHAPTER 16 | |
CHAPTER 17 | |
CHAPTER 18 | |
CHAPTER 19 | |
CHAPTER 20 | |
CHAPTER 21 | |
CHAPTER 22 | |
CHAPTER 24 | |
CHAPTER 25 | |
CHAPTER 27 | |
CHAPTER 28 | |
CHAPTER 29 | |
CHAPTER 30 | |
CHAPTER 31 | |
CHAPTER 32 | |
CHAPTER 33 | |
CHAPTER 34 | |
CHAPTER 35 | |
CHAPTER 36 | |
CHAPTER 37 | |
CHAPTER 38 | |
CHAPTER 39 | |
CHAPTER 40 | |
CHAPTER 41 | |
CHAPTER 42 | |
CHAPTER 43 | |
CHAPTER 44 | |
CHAPTER 45 | |
CHAPTER 46 | |
CHAPTER 47 | |
CHAPTER 48 | |
CHAPTER 49 | |
CHAPTER 50 | |
CHAPTER 51 | |
CHAPTER 52 | |
CHAPTER 53 | |
CHAPTER 63 | |
CHAPTER 64 | |
CHAPTER 65 | |
CHAPTER 66 | |
CHAPTER 67 | |
CHAPTER 68 | |
CHAPTER 69 | |
CHAPTER 70 | |
CHAPTER 71 | |
CHAPTER 72 | |
CHAPTER 73 | |
CHAPTER 74 | |
CHAPTER 75 | |
CHAPTER 76 | |
CHAPTER 77 | |
CHAPTER 78 | |
CHAPTER 79 | |
CHAPTER 80 | |
CHAPTER 82 | |
CHAPTER 83 | |
CHAPTER 84 | |
CHAPTER 85 | |
CHAPTER 86 | |
CHAPTER 87 | |
CHAPTER 88 | |
CHAPTER 89 | |
CHAPTER 90 | |
CHAPTER 91 | |
CHAPTER 92 | |
CHAPTER 93 | |
CHAPTER 95 | |
CHAPTER 96 | |
CHAPTER 97 | |
CHAPTER 98 | |
CHAPTER 99 | |
CHAPTER 100 | |
CHAPTER 101 | |
CHAPTER 102 | |
CHAPTER 103 | |
CHAPTER 104 | |
CHAPTER 105 | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
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