{"product_id":"9781621830870","title":"The Beholder: A Rediscovery of Life and Love","description":"A down-at-the-heels New York journalist, Raymond McAndrews, has a long-standing passion for the Impressionist art of renowned and reclusive Brazilian painter, Tomas. The artist has removed himself from society and the art world for thirty years.\u003cp\u003eWhen McAndrews learns that the old artist may be alive in Rio, he flies to Brazil to investigate for his own edification. Through the homeless children of the Rio streets, he finds Tomas living in splendid isolation. In almost three decades, Tomas's only contacts have been the street children and the caretaker and cook of his secluded manse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTomas befriends McAndrews and reveals the epic canvas of his life in a series of taped interviews - from the artist's beginnings as a national prodigy to the events that alienated him from the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe gives McAndrews the most significant gifts of both their lives: renewed purpose and faith in friendship, the beauty of love and the love of beauty, and a mysterious package, crated and wrapped in brown paper - all life-changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Rio de Janeiro and New York, this is a story of the dynamics of life and art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brighton Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056812933360,"sku":"9781621830870","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621830870_p0.jpg?v=1763860862","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621830870","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}