My Favorite Novel of the Year: Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser
A ten-year-old French girl who inexplicably starts to go blind shares an enriching 52-week experience with her attentive, maternal grandfather, visiting museums and studying five centuries worth of great visual art.
Traversing works in Parisian galleries from DaVinci to Kandinksy, Rafael to Magritte, Whisler to O’Keefe, all the way to Basquiat, the author entwines the enlightening journey shared between grandfather, Henry, and suddenly disabled granddaughter, Mona, with the beauty and wisdom behind each great work of art—and those who created them.
Thomas Schlesser is a thoughtful, exquisite craftsman of tender prose and plotting. Mona’s Eyes is an unforgettable, visionary gift for readers—a tender, life-affirming story of love and the transformative power of life when it is lived as an art.
Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser (translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle)
Europa Editions, $30.00 hardcover, 432 pages, 9798889661115, 432 pages
Publication Date: August 26, 2025
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