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BLOOD STAINS AND BRUSH STROKES

I have often thought about this. When you read books by foreign authors, the cultural, emotional and metaphysical elements of their place of inhabitance are sometimes strongly felt through it. When Literature and Visual Art meet each other, it's altogether an ethereal experience. Author Bussi proves to be brilliant and a genius storyteller who interlaces History, Arts, Language and Literature into his beguiling novel. The narration of this story focuses on various characters who lived during different times in different places. "What's so great about that?", you might ask. Well, the author had constructed the chain of events in such a way that the readers don't get to discover the elements of surprise till the time the last chapter is read. It's one hell of a way to keep the suspense mounting from page to page.        Black Water Lillies is a stimulating book filled with tons of fascinating facts about the world-famous Artist Monet's life and his paint...