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Fifty-two that's all the time Mona has left to learn about beauty. Every Wednesday, Mona's grandfather picks her up after school and takes her to see a great work of art. Just one. A different masterpiece every Wednesday for a year. Fifty-two weeks of consummate beauty. Fifty-two weeks of visits to...

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Main Author: Schlesser, Thomas (Author)
Other Authors: Serle, Hildegarde (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
French
Published: New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2025.
Subjects:
Art appreciation > Fiction.
Museums > Fiction.
Children with visual disabilities > Fiction.
Grandparent and child > Fiction.
Paris (France) > Fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Large print books.
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Summary:Fifty-two that's all the time Mona has left to learn about beauty. Every Wednesday, Mona's grandfather picks her up after school and takes her to see a great work of art. Just one. A different masterpiece every Wednesday for a year. Fifty-two weeks of consummate beauty. Fifty-two weeks of visits to the museum before Mona loses her sight forever. Together, Mona and her grandfather will experience a full range of emotions; their enchantment as well as their sadness will be complete. From Botticelli to Basquiat, Mona will discover not only the power of art but also the meaning of generosity, doubt, melancholy, loss, and revolt.
Item Description:Translation of: Les yeux de Mona.
Physical Description:531 pages (large print) ; 26 cm
ISBN:9798889661559
Author Notes:Thomas Schlesser is the director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation in Antibes, France. He teaches Art History at the École Polytechnique in Paris. He is the grandson of André Schlesser, known as Dadé, a singer and cabaret performer who founded the Cabaret L'Écluse. Mona's Eyes is Schlesser's American debut. It has been translated into thirty-eight languages, including Braille. Schlesser was named 2025's Author of the Year by Livres Hebdo .
For Europa Editions, Hildegarde Serle has translated the best-selling Mirror Visitor series by Christelle Dabos and the novels by Valérie Perrin, including the international best-seller, Fresh Water for Flowers . She lives in London.

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