Douglas Bruton

2 months ago | l8r.it | Douglas Bruton |Jane Austen |F. Scott Fitzgerald |Hilary Mantel

LoveReading Says At once delicate and direct, Douglas Bruton’s Woman in Blue explores the potent power of art, of observing and being observed, and the nature of love and inexplicable connections. In this case, the subtle, tender story unveils the connection between a man who spends his days in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, obsessively gazing at a 17th-century painting of a Woman in Blue, and the subject of said painting.

Apr 25, 2024 | booksfromscotland.com | Douglas Bruton |Ida Tarczynska

‘Do something, Ned Wickham, or I shall think you a Godless man and hard-hearted.’Douglas Bruton weaves three narratives of cultural objects associated with hope, their stories told from the perspective of those marginalised from history: the model, the maid, and the coxswain’s girlfriend, in his new novel, Hope Never Knew Horizon. Hope Never Knew HorizonBy Douglas BrutonPublished by Taproot PressNed Wickham and I don’t ever believe a word that comes out of his mouth.

Feb 28, 2024 | booksfromscotland.com | Douglas Bruton

By (author) Douglas Bruton A whale. A poem. A painting. Wexford County, 1891. The unlikely discovery of a beached blue whale sets in motion a series of events leading to the present-day re-installation of a fundamental piece of the Natural History Museum. Amherst, circa. 1850. Margaret O’Brien, domestic help for the Dickinson family, finds a letter revealing an intimate secret between the reclusive Miss Emily and her brother’s fiancé Susan Huntington. London, circa. 1880.

Feb 13, 2023 | booksfromscotland.com | Douglas Bruton |Fairlight Books |Vikki Reilly

‘The young gallery attendant was leaning over him, shaking him. There was something gentle in his voice, even tender.’An ageing artist, struggling with an unnamed degenerative illness, is inspired by a fresco in Venice to create one last great work. A meditation on love and creation, With or Without Angels is a fictional response to an artwork created by the late Scottish artist Adam Smith, itself inspired by the work of Giandomenico Tiepolo.