The Improbability of Love was apparently penned as a satire on the corruption in the London art scene-the painting, the one being actioned that Annie eventually buys, is fictional but the artist, Jean-Antoine Watteau, isn’t. As the novel jumps back and forth between six months, after Annie discovering the painting at a junk shop and the night of its sale at the auction, the story slowly starts to unravel. But you don’t really understand what is happening. Since the novel opens on the night of an auction where there’s a lot of commotion over a painting with many people trying to profit from the sale, you get an idea that the painting is important. The painting becomes a sad reminder of her recklessness and she wants to get rid of it but her mother thinks it could be something of value and forces Annie to find out and thus delve into the world of art. Then, she buys a painting at a junk store for this guy she met at a speed-dating event and he never shows up. She is also recovering from a devastating break-up. Hannah Rothschild’s debut novel, ‘The Improbability of Love’, is confusing and takes time to build up, but it keeps you wanting to know more.Īnnie McDee is a 31-year-old struggling chef. But then, in the end, I was glad I stuck with it. Around 100 pages into it, I wasn’t very sure. Though I wouldn’t rave about it, I wouldn’t tell anyone not to read it either.
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