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À L'occasion D'une Rétrospective De Son Travail Dans Une Galerie, Elaine Risley, Une Artiste-peintre Controversée, Retourne à Toronto Sur Les Lieux De Sa Jeunesse. Hier Puritaine Et Grise, Aujourd'hui éclatante Sous La Lumière Des Néons, La Ville Provoque Chez Elle Un Choc Qui Fait Rejaillir Les Souvenirs De Son Enfance. Et Au Milieu De Toutes Les Images Qui Remontent à La Surface De Sa Mémoire Reviennent Celles De Ses Vieilles Amies, Ses Doubles : Carole, Grace Et, Surtout, Cordelia. Ensemble, Les Petites Filles Avaient Imaginé Un Monde à Elles, Loin Des Préoccupations Des Adultes, Où Se Jouaient Des Tragédies Silencieuses, Des Drames étouffés. Puis Les Années Ont Passé Et Elaine A Continué Son Chemin, En Gardant En Elle Cette Période étrange Où S'enracinent Sa Mémoire Et Ses Oublis – Le Terreau Dans Lequel S'inscrit Son Art. Avec Ce Magnifique Roman D'apprentissage, Margaret Atwood Fait Tourner Devant Nous Son Oeil-de-chat, Cette Bille Fétiche Où Se Trouve Reflétée La Vie De Toutes Les Femmes, Et Des Petites Filles Qu'elles Furent. **Cat's Eye** is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman -- but above all she must seek release from her haunting memories. Disturbing, hilarious, and compassionate, Cat's Eye is a breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life. "Controversial painter Elaine Risley returns from Vancouver for a retrospective of her work. Here, in Toronto, the city of her youth, she confronts the submerged layers of her past her unconventional family, her eccentric and brilliant brother, the self-righteous Mrs. Smeath, and the two men Elaine later came to love in diverse and sometimes disastrous ways. But it is the enigmatic Cordelia, once her tormentor, then her best friend, whose elusive yet powerful presence in her life Elaine finally comes to understand."--From NoveList "Cat's Eye" presents the retrospective of Elaine Risley, a middle-aged acclaimed artist who discovers that she cannot move into the future as she is still trapped in the past, because of the childhood trauma caused by Cordelia, Elaine's tormentor and soul-mate. Elaine was so deeply scarred by the sinister girly "power-games" of her childhood years that she lost herself, her memories, and "became" a cat's eye: cool as cold marble, detached, and almost devoid of feeling Painter Elaine Risley, pushing fifty, returns from Vancouver to Toronto for a retrospective of her work, which has been much celebrated by the women's movement and much attacked from other quarters Een Canadese schilderes van middelbare leeftijd beschrijft haar intense gevoelens en indrukken van de dagen van weleer LC copy in dust jacket. Source: Purchase, Dec. 1, 1988