A Portrait of My Desire: A Novel Paperback - 2014

Name: A Portrait Of My Desire
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Author: Harris, MacDonald,
ISBN: 9781476782546

by MacDonald Harris

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Lightly drawing on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, the acclaimed author of Hemingway's Suitcase sets his story against the eccentricities and decadences of a wealthy California beach community. At the center is a rich widower who counted his late wife among his most valuable possessions. Harry hopes to possess his new, powerfully sexual housekeeper, but finally encounters his own complicated fate.

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Lightly drawing on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, the acclaimed author of Hemingway's Suitcase sets his story against the eccentricities and decadences of a wealthy California beach community.

At the center is a rich widower who counted his late wife among his most valuable possessions. Harry hopes to possess his new, powerfully sexual housekeeper, but finally encounters his own complicated fate.

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Harris sets his tale against the decadent eccentricities of a wealthy California beach community. At the center is Harry, a handsome gallery owner, an epicurean lover of all things beautiful, a man who counted his late wife among his most valuable possessions. When he hires Velda Venn, an unsophisticated yet powerfully sexual housekeeper, the order of his exquisite household is gradually subverted. Like the pull of the ocean waves outside his window, Velda draws Harry from calm self-absorption to erotic obsession. He must possess her - and a spectacular painting that changes everything, a painting that seems the very mirror of his strange, uncontrollable desire.

Details

Title A Portrait of My Desire: A Novel
Author MacDonald Harris
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Pages 320
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date 2014-02-08
ISBN 9781476782546 / 1476782547
Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.8 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 2.03 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Topical: Coming of Age
Category Fiction - General
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Macdonald Harris was the pseudonym for Donald Heiney, an author, academic, and sailor from South Pasadena, California. He studied at the University of Redlands and served in the Navy during World War II. He is the author of several books, including The Balloonist. He received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1982.