**A finalist for the 24th Annual Northern California Book Award**

-- Dick Cavett

Praise for The Painting

"Lovely and haunting, Nina Schuyler's debut novel, The Painting traverses two distinct worlds -- along with the characters who resonate with each careful stroke of the brush."

Gail Tsukiyama, author of Samurai's Garden and Women of the Silk.

"Nina Schuyler writes with grace and assurance about Japan in the 1860s and Paris in the Franco-Prussian War. She understands the workings of love and desire as they translate across cultures and time frames, indeed worlds. It is rare to find such generosity and vision in a first novel. "The Painting" brilliantly transcends this category and should establish Nina Schuyler as one of the most gifted writers of her generation."

Maxine Chernoff, author, A Boy in Winter.