Anne Catherick writes the message

150cm x150 cm 

Drawing nearly painting on canvas

Photo credits : Hugo Almeida

The novel begins with  Walter  an art teacher who finds a job as drawing teacher to two sisters. Before heading out to the sisters' house, he meets a mysterious woman dressed entirely in white

here, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road […] stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments […] I was far too seriously startled by the suddenness with which this extraordinary apparition stood before me, in the dead of night and in that lonely place, to ask what she wanted.

Anne herself is almost constantly slipping around in terms of identity, revealing her own fractured personality. She goes from calm to agitated—all at the drop of a hat. But the narrative never judges Anne or views her psychological problems in a negative light. And she herself is a surprisingly crucial part of the narrative; her insight is often extremely valuable

Anne's strange appearance, her sometimes-unhinged reactions to things, and her way of speaking, points to a lot of inner torment and tie her strongly to the book's major themes… especially the themes of memory and identity