A Month in Siena prayerbooks & hymnals Pferdt argues that you can

Pferdt argues that you can be making what happens next

Except his tasting room is empty

As if it’s been next to Yvette’s skin

Writing with characteristic humility and humour

A Month in Siena prayerbooks & hymnals Pferdt argues that you canA moving reflection on the intersection of life and art, from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Return. Shortly after completing his searing work of non fiction, The Return, Hisham Matar set off for Siena, a city he had never visited before. His plan was to see the paintings of the Sienese school, to immerse himself in the work of artists he admired perhaps above all others. This month in Siena would be an extraordinary period in the life of