The Prince of Modigliani: A Novel

His mother called him Deddo, friends – Modi, and women – the Prince. He lived only 35 years – and this can already be considered a miracle: pleurisy, typhus, and the incurable tuberculosis of that time gave him no chance.... And he had no intention of making an effort to extend his existence even a little. He did not want to be famous, did not think about money, and stubbornly lived as he dreamed – dedicating himself to art. He did not conform to fashion, did not belong to any movement, and chose for himself who to befriend and who to admire. He is Amedeo Modigliani, an undervalued genius in his time, and today one of the most renowned and popular artists in the world. And this is a biographical novel about his fate, his views on art, his friends, patrons, and lovers, and, of course, about the unique artistic atmosphere of Paris in the early 20th century.