Behind Glass

A reverse glass painting is painted from behind. What lies at the very front of the picture is painted first. The background last. And no one ever sees the side on which it was made. The novel is built like a reverse glass painting.

Murnau, shortly before the First World War. Avant-garde painters discover an old folk art. Munich, today. A woman. A picture behind glass.

Two eras. One pane of glass between them. A novel about seeing and concealing. And about what is written on the back.