Cut Out by Michèle Roberts

September Book Club

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Moving between two timelines, Cut Out follows the story of young Clem, who finds herself in the orbit of the master Matisse, and later her godson Denis, who travels to Nice to visit his ailing godmother as he searches for the missing parts of his own collaged life. With evocative descriptions of food and painting, Cut Out is a rich and formally inventive novel about art, family, and the perspective of memory.

Sometimes I finish a book and I find myself conflicted on my own opinion.