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Preface To Short Story Selection - The Matisse Stories

The book that I read by A S Byatt called the Matisse Stories was a trilogy of stories about Matisse’s paintings.
The first story took place in a beauty salon where the protagonist, Susannah usually had her hair done. The salon was painted in soft pink colours and Matisse’s Le Nu rose hung in the window. The owner went away and the salon was closed for redecorating. When the owner came back and opened the salon, Susannah was surprised to find that the salon was completely changed and had a very dark atmosphere. All throughout the story Susannah felt depressed about her hair and how it had aged. She was also upset to see the change in the salon and she basically lost it. Susannah threw a ...

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artist with his studio upstairs in the house. There was a lot of tension between Robin and Mrs Brown, the housekeeper because Robin was often impatient. He hated the way that Mrs Brown dressed because her colours often clashed and she wore wild homemade outfits. Robin lectured her on colour and would fuss if she moved things in his studio when she cleaned. One day, a woman who ran a local art gallery stopped by the house to view Robin’s art and convince him to put on a show. She wasn’t that much ‘moved’ by his work and she left. Mrs Brown left at the same time to go home and she spoke to the lady as they walked down the road together. The lady never ended up calling Robin back and she decided to exhibit Mrs Brown’s art work instead because as it turns out, Mrs Brown is an artist too. Debbie finds out about the art show and tries not to mention it to her husband but he sees Mrs Brown being interviewed on the television. Robin is outraged because he feels that Mrs Brown stole his ...

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Added: 4/2/2008 06:12:50 AM
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