Bøker av Douglas Bruton

Hope Never Knew Horizon fictionalises the origins of three cultural objects associated with hope - the blue whale skeleton hung in London's Natural History Museum, Emily Dickinson's poem 'Hope is the thing with feathers', and G. F. Watts' painting 'Hope' - telling their stories from the perspective of someone marginalised from history.

An old artist, faced with his own mortality, embarks on one final artwork. As he works with an enigmatic young photographer to complete the project, his past and present blur. This hybrid and innovative short novel weaves a story around both The New World, by the artist Alan Smith, and Il Mondo Nuovo, a fresco by Giandomenico Tiepolo.

Set in Paris, this atmospheric tale delicately intertwines three connected narratives and timelines, interspersed with observations of the colour blue. A new addition to the Fairlight Moderns.