THE EBONY TOWER is a series of novellas, rich in imagery, exploring the nature of art. The story of the title - which the OBSERVER described as 'the finest thing Fowles has written' - concerns a journalist visiting a celebrated but reclusive painter. He is intrigued by the complicated erotic relationship between the elderly painter and the beautiful young women who share their lives with him.
THE EBONY TOWER is a series of novellas, rich in imagery, exploring the nature of art. The story of the title - which the OBSERVER described as 'the finest thing Fowles has written' - concerns a journalist visiting a celebrated but reclusive painter. He is intrigued by the complicated erotic relationship between the elderly painter and the beautiful young women who share their lives with him.