novel about a man who fears he's not living his life to its full potential night train to lisbon by messiaen. the french painter. was one of the greatest post-impressionist painters of the 19th century mark was sadly not appreciated in his life time and died in relative poverty in the french colonies in ma cases islands in the south pacific in 93 so he is particularly renowned for his experimental use of color at the time and of course is portraiture the national gallery in london is currently holding the 1st ever exhibition solely devoted to his portraits. of his most famous work on the pacific island of tahiti the artist was fascinated by society's close to nature he travelled to what was then a french colony for the 1st time in 891. for a long time we thought of these 2 fish to fish and portraits were sort of generic to haitians but now we understand that he knew these people very well he was in constant contact with them. but also repeatedly entered into sexual relations with young girls while on top he'd see marrying 2 of them and fathering children. the 1st of those wives can be seen i

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internationally when it was translated into english 4 years later night train to lisbon by swiss author messiaen was also turned into a film starring jeremy charlotte rampling and christopher lee amongst others the book at the film tells the story of an unassuming professor who spontaneously embarks on a dating. adventure is all man of letters david leavitt's with mole. what do you do when you see a woman who's about to jump off a bridge to you run to her call the police. take a selfie try to help her. and. that's the beginning of pasco massy is novel night train to lisbon sounds like a psychological thriller maybe a love story. nope it's the story of a latin and greek teacher a name that i wonder could go rios who stumbles upon a portuguese memoir and it he finds a question that will change his life. given we can only live in a small part of what there is in us what happens with the rats. gregorios decides to discover the parts of his life he's left on lived he goes on a quest to find the man who wrote those lines he takes the night train to lisbon. he gets to know the city and immerses himself