A.S. Byatt begins her short story “Art Work” with a description of a painting by Henri Matisse. The painting, Le Silence habité des maisons (literally translated as Silence Inhabited by Houses), was completed by Matisse in 1947, when he was living in Vence, in the south of France near Nice.
All three of The Matisse Stories are excellent. I forget who said that if nothing happens, there’s no story. Something happens in each of Byatt’s stories..
Love that!!! I’m going read it.
All three of The Matisse Stories are excellent. I forget who said that if nothing happens, there’s no story. Something happens in each of Byatt’s stories..