Author Sara Houghteling, 'Pictures at an Exhibition' March 16, 2010

Houghteling's luminous novel is a fictionalized account of art theft in Paris during World War II. According to National Book Award winner Julia Glass, "'Pictures at an Exhibition' is at once an authoritative historical novel, a family saga, a labyrinthine love story, and a sumptuous meditation on the purpose and value of material beauty when war threatens the very fiber of civilization."

Drawn from copious research, Houghteling artfully and accurately describes wartime France, the early 20th century Parisian art scene and looting by the Nazi party. The book will pull in anyone interested in art, history, or Jewish literature.

Ms. Houghteling is a Harvard graduate and was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to Paris, a John Steinbeck Fellowship and first prize in the Hopwood Award for novels.

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