Wrestling With the Angel

Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2004 Pages: 198 in Publisher: Vintage Near the end of his life. the great Romantic artist the Eug-ne Delacroix (1798 - 1863) painted one of the most enigmatic episodes from the Bible: Jacob wrestling with the angel. This painting. which decorates the wall of the Chapel of the Holy Angels in the Paris church of Saint-Sulpice. is Delacroix's 'spiritual testament'. But Sain-Sulpice is a mysterious church where everything happens behind the scenes. A fan of Inspector Maigret. Jean-Paul Kauffmann investigates the painting and the church. paying particular attention to its hidden history. He searches for clues in a bar in Dieppe. a castle in Quercy. a village in the Argonne. an oak tree in the forest at Senart. even a golf course in the Loiret. The trail leads him to an art critic. a lecturer at the Louvre. and a sculptor who has a studio in t...