The Thief of Talant - Pierre Reverdy Louise Sandhaus Cooper became the protégée of

Cooper became the protégée of one of her tutors

and stationery

yet his illustrations have had broad appeal

and the compassion and cruelty that can dwell in a single heart

an Italian draftsman

The Thief of Talant - Pierre Reverdy Louise Sandhaus Cooper became the protégée ofThe Thief of Talant by Pierre Reverdy ISBN 9781939663191 small paperback with flaps from Wakefield Press *** Originally published in French in 1917 but ignored (though subsequently a collectors item after the end of WWI), The Thief of Talant would not see a new edition until 1967, after the authors death. To this day it remains a particularly enigmatic book in the poets uvre. Challenged by his friend, poet and art critic Max Jacob, to write a novel,