Eben Adams is a young painter in Depression-era New York just looking to make a living. His work has thus far left influential art dealers unimpressed. Then Eben happens upon a young schoolgirl
named Jennie in Central Park. Intrigued by her mystical quality and her knowledge of things that happened well before her time, Eben begins to sketch a portrait of the young girl. The drawing turns
out to be the most emotional piece Eben has ever done, and he finally gets the boost in his career he's been seeking. But before he can finish the portrait, Jennie vanishes.
Saddened by the loss of his muse, he begins to scour the city for her, and when he does find her again, he is shocked to discover that she has aged several years since their last meeting. Who is
this girl, and where did she come from?
This supernatural love story is a masterpiece of modern fantasy.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“So brilliant is Nathan’s execution that one is
entirely lost in the tender love story of two immortally designed for each
other, one a spirit out of the past seeking to catch up with the present, the
other a man rooted in the present and caught in an urgency to accept the gift
of the past…Portrait of Jennie will
perhaps most vividly recall Balderston’s Berkeley
Square, for, like that, it is a love story that transcends the boundaries
of time. It is told with tenderness and with beauty. Its mood lingers in the
heart, and its planes challenge the mind.” —New York Times
Robert Nathan (1894–1985) was born in New York City and educated at private schools in the United States and Switzerland. While attending Harvard, where he was a classmate of E. E. Cummings,
he was an editor of the Harvard Monthly, in which his first stories and poems appeared. After becoming a full-time writer, Nathan’s work strengthened his reputation with both the public and
peers. F. Scott Fitzgerald once referred to Nathan as his favorite writer. Five of his novels have been made into films, including Portrait of Jennie and The Bishop’s Wife. Nathan
ultimately authored more than fifty volumes of novels, poetry, and plays, and from this body of distinguished work he acquired a reputation as a master of satiric fantasy.
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