The Portrait

by Antoine Laurain, Jane Aitken (Translator), Emily Boyce (Translator)

Pierre-François Chaumont has promised his wife that he won't spend another centime at the auction house. His collecting habit is out of hand and she refuses to let another antique through the door.
With his marriage at stake, he fully intends to keep his word - until he sees an eighteenth-century portrait that looks exactly like him.The painting's history will reveal an astonishing secret about his past and open the door to an entirely new future.
A passionate collector, Pierre-François is used to giving in to temptation - but is he willing to risk everything to satisfy his deepest desires?

PRAISE FOR ANTOINE

'The very quintessence of French romance' The Times

'A master storyteller'Huffington Post

'A delightful literary soufflé'Library Journal

'Effortlessly eloquent, quietly hilarious and consistently self-aware ... a delightful read crammed with all kinds of decadent goodness'Reader's Digest

Genres: Fiction, France, Art, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Adult, French Literature

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 26, 2007

About the author

Antoine Laurain (born 1972) is a French author. He previously worked as a screenwriter and antiques dealer.

His first novel "The Portrait" was published in 2007 and he achieved wide international acclaim with "The Red Notebook". Since then his works have been translated into 14 languages and partly made into films.