Overview
The Ebony Tower is a series of novellas, rich in imagery, exploring the nature of art. In the title story, a journalist visiting a celebrated but reclusive painter is intrigued by the elderly artist's relationship with two beautiful young women.
An extraordinary work of fiction, from one of the world''s most exceptional writers.
A journalist visits an elderly painter and becomes intrigued by his young female companions. Four years'' worth of book research is set on fire in front of a writer. A successful MP disappears without a trace.
Written with stylistic innovation, this sequence of novellas exploring the nature of art echoes the themes and preoccupations of Fowles'' earlier work and cements his position as a master storyteller.
''Pick up any of these stories and you won''t, as they say, be able to put it down'' Financial Times
- | Author: John Fowles
- | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- | Publication Date: Apr 03, 1997
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780099480518
- | ISBN-10: 0099480514