Woman in Blue
‘Woman in Blue is a profound meditation on art, looking and love, skilfully interweaving the story of the Woman in Blue, posing for Vermeer in the seventeenth century, and that of a man visiting the painting every day in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. As the two figures silently converse, they share thoughts about the meaning of painting, beauty and memory. This slim novel asks the reader to slow down, to take time, and to allow subtle meanings to surface, from both the painting and Bruton’s elegant words. A book that celebrates quietness, beauty and love, it is one to savour.’ —Victoria Mackenzie, author of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain
