false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg 258501 10 Novelist Susan Vreeland has made a career of fictionalizing the lives of artists and of particular paintings, like Artemisia Gentileschi¹s magnificent <I>Judith</I> in <I>The Passion of Artemisia</I>. In her third novel, <I>The Forest Lover,</I> Vreeland's subject is the courageous Canadian painter Emily Carr, who traveled through native villages and wilderness of British Columbia in the early 1900s, often alone, on a quest to paint totem poles and other artifacts before the indigenous traditions died out and the poles were destroyed or sold. Vreeland's Carr is deeply respectful of the people she meets, and is rewarded with their trust and their stories. She brings the same sensitivity with her to Paris to see the new art, is exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, and returns to Vancouver in 1912 with a style so direct, and colors so expressive, that a conservative local reviewer dubs her a wild beast, literally, a Fauve. Vreeland's strength is in the tacks of emotion during dialogue, and in her nimble, exact prose. As she depicts her, Carr is an endearing and believable balance of sensitivity and determination&#139;an artist of life as well as a remarkable painter. <I>--Regina Marler</I> 1281657 2001 The Forest Lover total:436|5:89|4:134|3:132|2:56|1:25| 436 1514 666 107 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 2 4 false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 15:46:14 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 20:07:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 3 0 false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 10:10:32 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 10:10:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 16:53:48 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 17:21:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 5 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 11 08:26:50 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 08:29:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 5 0 false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 12:02:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 17:32:25 -0700 2009 Emily Carr was a Canadian painter whose work was radically different from all other Canadian painters of her time. Not only did she choose Native subjects to paint - notably, totem poles - but she travelled alone through forests, Native villages, either on foot or via inland waterways, at a time whe...more...]]> 1907693 0143016644 9780143016649 5 3 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190150188m/1907693.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1907693.Forest_Lover 3 0 false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 17:20:07 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 10:25:24 -0800 2009 1
im still not sure what i think of it. i picked it up because its about emaily carr, an artist id never heard of, but on the back of the b...more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 3 1 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 09:24:23 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 09:29:29 -0700 2008 1292562 0670032670 9780670032679 37 9 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182544535m/1292562.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1292562.The_Forest_Lover 4 0 false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Sep 19 09:20:54 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 09:20:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1292562 0670032670 9780670032679 37 9 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182544535m/1292562.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1292562.The_Forest_Lover 2 0 false Wed Nov 04 06:24:03 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 06:19:40 -0800 2009 The Forest Lover demonstrates what happens when a popular middlebrow author attempts to write what he or she thinks is "arty" prose: an artificial herky-jerky mess. Li...more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 4 0 false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 05:14:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 05:27:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:31:28 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:38:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 5 0 false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 14:37:18 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 17:33:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 4 0 false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 17 19:52:26 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 19:53:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 1 0 false Wed Mar 19 23:15:24 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 23:16:08 -0700 2008 Girl in Hyacinth Blue and thought this book would be as good. Big disappointment.

I was only able to read the first 50 pages and then I had to give up. I could not get into the characters or the story- I was especially disappoint...more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 5 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 25 15:48:27 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 06:05:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 2 0 false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 09:10:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 18:54:55 -0700 2009
The first 3/4 of the book were quite boring and the enormity of what this amazing woman/painter accomplished a...more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 5 0 false Mon Jan 26 17:56:38 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 18:15:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 4 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 05:46:32 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 05:48:26 -0700 2008
Emily Carr was an amazing women. She was a painter and chose to record the Indian way of life that was quickly disappearing in Briti...more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 5 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 05 18:48:47 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 18:58:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 258501 0143034308 9780143034308 380 91 3.47 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173212467m/258501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258501.The_Forest_Lover 5 0 false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 03:04:46 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 05:35:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=258501