Finishing Line Press of Kentucky is proud to announce a new collection of
short fiction based on art history and of particular interest to art
lovers. *The Calamity of Desire and Other Stoeries* from award-winning
Pushcart-nominated author J. Dancoff will be released April 2024; however,
schools, libraries, and museums may buy advanced copies now:
https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-calamity-of-desire-and-other-stories-by-judith-dancoff/

Described as “luminous” by Los Angeles Festival of Books judge Diane
Smith, *The
Calamity of Desire and Other Stories *includes seven short stories and one
novella that weave famous works of art with sometimes real, sometimes
fictional artists and protagonists, to explore the healing power of art and
the boundaries of the human heart.



The title story of the collection, “The Calamity of Desire,” inspired by
Gustav Klimt’s painting *The Death of Ria Munk, *is narrated by the ghost
of a young Viennese woman who commits suicide over a broken heart. As Klimt
attempts her death portrait, Ria’s ghost narrates his efforts, relives her
failed love affair, and comes to terms with her suicide. Once stolen by the
Nazis, the painting now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.



In “Still Life with Cherries,” Louise Moillon, the first female artist to
be accepted into the French Academy of Art, grows up in 17th century Paris
during the Huguenot/Catholic conflict and finds her voice as a painter; in
the novella “Women Bathing,” a young French woman moves to Paris to follow
her dreams, models for the now-aging Auguste Renoir, and becomes involved
in the Dreyfus Affair. Other artists and their works in the collection
include Diego Velásquez, John Singer Sargent, and Paul Gauguin.


For more information about this unique book and its author and to purchase
advance copies at a discounted price, please visit
https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-calamity-of-desire-and-other-stories-by-judith-dancoff/


Sincerely,


Finishing Line Press

Georgetown, KY

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