The Art of Vanishing

A stunningly original love story between a museum employee and the man in a masterpiece hanging on the wallsΓÇöa breathtaking debut about time,artand the enduring power of love. ΓÇ£This wildly inventivedeeply moving novel blurs the line between art and those who behold it.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöJodi Picoult#1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name Something magical is happening inside this museum. . . . JeanΓÇÖs life is the same day in and day out. Frozen in time by his painter fatherthe legendary Henri MatisseJean observes the ebb and flow of museum guests as they take in the works of his father and other masters like RenoirPicassoand Modigliani. But his world takes a mesmerizing turn when Clairea new museum employeeenters his life. Night after nightClaire moves through the gallery where JeanΓÇÖs painting hangsmopping the floorstalking softly to herself to stem her lonelinessand gazing admiringly at the masterpieces above. The alluring man in the corner of the MatisseΓÇöis he watching her? Why does she feel a deepening pull to himlike he can see her truest selfher most profound secrets? Did he just move? In an extraordinary twist of fateClaire discovers she can step through the frame of JeanΓÇÖs painting and into a bygone eraa lushverdant snapshot of family life in France in the throes of the First World War. She and Jean begin a seemingly impossible affairfalling in love against the backdrop of the galleryΓÇÖs other paintings come to lifeΓÇöglittering partiesexhilarating horse racesand windswept beach bluffsΓÇöwhich they can move through together and where Claire is seemingly the only outside visitoralone in possession of this gift. But as their happiness is threatened by challenges both inside and outside the museumClaire and Jean find themselves in a fight to preserve the love theyΓÇÖve hardly dared to dream of. Will their extraordinary connection defy the confines of realityor will the forces conspiring against them shatter their carefully curated happiness?