James Huneker, a forgotten name today, is one of the most perceptive American essayist of the 20th century. Huneker was a music critic who also wrote with passion and insight about art, literature and theatre. This deeply-felt novel “Painted Veils” is a fascinating philosophical tractate about love, sex, marriage, the creative pulse, religion, God and the painful truths of living. Without satire or sentimentality, Huneker briefly examines worldly behavior.
Read this unusual novel, where the viewpoints are changed in two sentences and characters come & go.
