Pictures at an Exhibition

A sweeping and sensuous novel of a son's quest to recover his family's lost masterpieces, looted by the Nazis during the occupation.

Max Berenzon's father is the most successful art dealer in Paris, owner of the Berenzon Gallery, home to both Picasso and Matisse. To Max's great surprise, his father forbids him from entering the family business, choosing instead to hire a beautiful and brilliant gallery assistant named Rose Clément. When Paris falls to the Nazis, the Berenzons survive in hiding, but when they return in 1944 their gallery is empty, their priceless collection vanished. In a city darkened by corruption and black martketers, Max chases his twin obsessions: the lost paintings and Rose Clément.

Author: Sara Houghteling
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/09/2010
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.34w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780307386304
Award: Harold U. Ribalow Prize - Winner

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/07/2010 pg. 20

About the Author
Sara Houghteling is a graduate of Harvard College and received her master's in fine arts from the University of Michigan. She is the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship to Paris, first place in the Avery and Jules Hopwood Awards, and a John Steinbeck Fellowship. She lives in California, where she teaches high school English.