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enlarge image Beyond Measure by Pauline Holdstock  Novel ISBN: 978-1-896951-49-2 300 pages Trade Paper with French Flaps 5.5" X 8.5" $22.95

Beyond Measure by Pauline Holdstock Nominated for the 2004 Commonwealth Prize — Canada and Caribbean Region. Winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize of the BC Book Prizes. Finalist for 2004 The Giller Prize. City of Victoria Butler Book Prize 2005, nominee. Beyond Measure book club guide. Pauline Holdstock's novel Beyond Measure was also shortlisted for the 2004 Giller Prize! Selected by an esteemed jury panel, comprised of authors Charlotte Gray, Alistair MacLeod and M.G. Vassanji, the six finalists were chosen from 94 books submitted for consideration. Those books were submitted by 35 publishers from every region of the country. About Beyond Measure: The artistic world of mid-16th Century Italy comes to life through the eyes of a piebald slave stolen from her home and family in Africa. Chiara, as she is eventually named, is sold to Paolo Pallavicino, an artist in service of Giuliano de Medici. When several unfortunate incidents occur, the artist's wife believes her to be a curse and demands that she be sent away. From this starting point, Chiara works her way from painter to painter, observing the games the artists play on each other and the rivalries that fuel their artistic creations. I am not beautiful, this much I know.You have to understand about my face. I am not fair. To find myself here with his eyes upon me, who am not beautiful. All my life an ugly creature as low as the spotted cow in the barn, the brindled bitch beneath the table. It is important not to look at his face while he is looking at me. Look at the cat outside the window. Forget that he is looking. If I do not forget, I shall die for shame. About Pauline Holdstock.