In Gods of Deception, acclaimed novelist David Adams Cleveland has created a thrilling tale of espionage, a family saga, a stirring love story, and a meditation on time and memory, taking you on an unforgettable journey into the troubled human heart as well as the past-a past that is ever present, where the gods of deception await our distant call.
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Pour moi, écrire est plus qu'une simple façon de raconter de belles histoires ; c'est une manière d'explorer ce qui compte vraiment pour nous en tant qu'êtres humains. Mes personnages, comme nous tous, s'efforcent de découvrir une forme de vérité, de répondre à une question fondamentale sur eux-mêmes tout en affrontant les dilemmes de la vie. Ayant été impliqué dans le monde de l'art la plupart de ma vie en tant qu'historien, connaisseur et collectionneur, je trouve que les arts visuels éclairent mon écriture, tant en termes de description que d'environnement physique —toujours un personnage à part entière— et la lutte que les artistes endurent pour explorer le monde sous tous les angles. Le grand art, comme la grande littérature, ne doit jamais livrer tous ses secrets ; il doit toujours y avoir suffisamment de mystère et d'ambiguïté pour le garder frais et vivant. L'art le plus profond consiste à transmettre des sentiments et le sens d'une quête spirituelle — l'aperçu fugace de l'invisible au cœur extatique de la vie. Nous existons sous le sortilège de la mémoire, imprégnés des gloires métamorphiques du monde visuel.
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Common sense suggests that the "Leopardi Madonna," a masterpiece by Santi Raphael, cannot exist, as all credible sources indicate it was destroyed in 1945 during an Allied bombing of a Nazi art warehouse. However, the painting has mysteriously resurfaced in this gripping thriller that explores greed and betrayal within the art world. Renaissance scholar and art dealer Jordan Brooks is summoned to Venice to examine the painting, returning to a city that captivated him two decades earlier. He grapples with the possibility that a fake was destroyed while the authentic piece has reemerged, or that the original was lost and replaced with an exquisite counterfeit. As he navigates a secret auction offering the chance to bid on the Madonna, the story unfolds against Venice's autumn backdrop, where rain-swollen lagoons threaten the city's treasures. Jordan's journey leads him to his former teacher, Giorgio Sagredo, who has compromised his principles to sell the painting. He encounters a ruthless array of art dealers driven by profit, and fortuitously meets Katie, a perceptive American student who has a knack for uncovering the truth and appears when he needs her most.