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Audubon's Watch by John Gregory Brown
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Audubon's Watch (edition 2001)

by John Gregory Brown (Author)

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From the acclaimed author of Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, Audubon's Watch is “a brazen performance" (New York Times Book Review) inspired by a brief journal entry made by the artist and ornithologist John James Audubon. This richly atmospheric novel traces the paths of two men whose lives are inextricably linked by the tragic events of a single night. Part historical novel, part Victorian murder mystery, Audubon's Watch “peels away the familiar legend portion of the biography to explore the private mysteries of memory, remorse, and the redemption of pain" (Los Angeles Times). This is a mesmerizing tale, and “in the end, the subject matter of Brown's material . . . permits him to capture, in midflight as it were, the hummingbird pulse of the human heart" (Orlando Sentinel).… (more)
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Authors:John Gregory Brown (Author)
Info:Houghton Mifflin (2001), 224 pages
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John Gregory Brown's Audubon's Watch (2001) is a highly-imagined and elegant work of fiction, providing an imagined backstory to one of the most bizarre and famous episodes in John James Audubon's life (the New Orleans portrait) through Audubon's own vague, addled reminiscences and from the perspective of Emile Gautreaux, a New Orleans anatomist with secrets of his own.

Audubon's portions of the story are told in the form of musings to his daughters, both of whom died in infancy. Rather a strange narrative choice, but Brown manages to carry it off without the whole thing coming across as too macabre. Tying together strong elements of remorse and yearning, confusion and memory, time and guilt, Audubon's Watch is a recommended read for those interested in Audubon, or as a good summer afternoon's tale for just about anyone.

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From the acclaimed author of Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, Audubon's Watch is “a brazen performance" (New York Times Book Review) inspired by a brief journal entry made by the artist and ornithologist John James Audubon. This richly atmospheric novel traces the paths of two men whose lives are inextricably linked by the tragic events of a single night. Part historical novel, part Victorian murder mystery, Audubon's Watch “peels away the familiar legend portion of the biography to explore the private mysteries of memory, remorse, and the redemption of pain" (Los Angeles Times). This is a mesmerizing tale, and “in the end, the subject matter of Brown's material . . . permits him to capture, in midflight as it were, the hummingbird pulse of the human heart" (Orlando Sentinel).

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