THE TRUE STORY OF HOW ONE MAN OVERCAME HIS DEMONS AND UNLEASHED HIS CREATIVITY -- IN A FASCIST JAIL Its 1972. William is a creative boy in a dead-end job; his dream of becoming an artist fading fast. So when his best friend hatches a plan to fund a years painting in Morocco; William leaps at the chance. The only problem is; first he has to get through Francos fascist Spain with a suitcase of drugs. Like most things in Williams life; the plan goes wrong and he is thrown into the notorious Modelo jail in Barcelona. Abandoned by friends and family; unable to speak the language; surrounded by hardened criminals; lost hippies and brutal prison guards and with no idea when; if ever; he will be released; he quickly spirals into despair. It is only when he begins to secretly draw his visions and nightmares that William starts to deal with his remorse and self-hatred. But it is the facing-up to long-repressed childhood memories of abuse; neglect and poverty that ultimately leads to his redemption ... and freedom.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A masterpiece.By Bruce OksolThe book is divided into several sections. The first 60 pages is the biography of J.M.W. Turner with a scholarly description of his art and his philosophy of art ("Theory of Poetic Painting"). The next 180 pages are full page reproductions of his most famous or most representative works with a facing page detailing the important points of that particular work. The author has done an outstanding job dove-tailing the introductory section with this section. The final few pages include comments from Turners critics (admirers) -- Thomas Hardy; William Hazlitt; John Ruskin; Henry James; Claude Monet; Pissarro; Renoir; Matisse; and many others (including Wyndham Lewis; a real scoundrel); a selected (but comprehensive) bibliography; and; a chronology of Turners life.I highly recommend this to novices in art history; but even scholars will enjoy having his on their bookshelves to share with others. I was quite impressed; and Ive collected many coffee-table art books over the years. This is one of the better such works; providing a scholarly overview without becoming too pedantic.
