How To Paint a Dead Man

I've finished How To Paint A Dead Man by Sarah Hall and wonder what it was all about. There are four threads to the story with each chapter progressing a different thread in turn and covers about 40 years. I found this writing style mystifying at first then frustrating but stuck with it thinking it would all come together at the end, explaining all, but that didn't happen. A family of artists deal with grief. An Italian family has a beautiful daughter going blind, an artist is trapped on a hill, and an elderly artist is dying of cancer. The reader can pick up connections between the threads but not enough is explained. Perhaps author is trying to be too clever and only appeal to the discerning reader. Not for everyone and I would not recommend it. 3/5