Three loosely linked novellas — about a hairdresser, an art historian, and a childminder — each orbiting a painting by Henri Matisse and the way art reshapes ordinary lives.
Books mentioned in The Matisse Stories (1)
Matisse by Lawrence Gowing: “In 1947 Matisse painted Le Silence habité des maisons. It is reproduced in Sir Lawrence Gowing's Matisse, only very small and in black and white.”