Description
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781787303089
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2022
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Pages: 160
Description:
'Gentle, mysterious and profound.' Marina Abramovic
'A haunting, irresistible novel. It's breathtaking.' Brandon Taylor
'Marvelous, as elegant as an opaque sheet of ice.' Lauren Groff
'An acute and obliterating double portrait.' Leanne Shapton
A student moves to the city to research Gothic nudes, renting an apartment from a painter, Agnes, who lives in another town with her husband. One day, Agnes arrives in the city and settles into the upstairs studio.
In their meetings on the stairs, in the studio, at the corner cafe, the kitchen at dawn, Agnes tells stories of her youth, her family, her marriage, and ideas for her art - which is always just about to be created. As the months pass, it becomes clear that Agnes might not have a place to return to. The student is increasingly aware of Agnes's disintegration. Her stories are frenetic; her art scattered and unfinished, white paint on a white canvas.
What emerges is the menacing sense that every life is always at the edge of disaster, no matter its seeming stability. Alongside the research into human figures, the student is learning, from a cool distance, about the narrow divide between happiness and resentment, creativity and madness, contentment and chaos.
White on White is a sharp exploration of empathy and cruelty, and the stunning discovery of what it means to be truly vulnerable, and laid bare.
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ISBN: 9781787303089
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2022
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Pages: 160
Description:
'Gentle, mysterious and profound.' Marina Abramovic
'A haunting, irresistible novel. It's breathtaking.' Brandon Taylor
'Marvelous, as elegant as an opaque sheet of ice.' Lauren Groff
'An acute and obliterating double portrait.' Leanne Shapton
A student moves to the city to research Gothic nudes, renting an apartment from a painter, Agnes, who lives in another town with her husband. One day, Agnes arrives in the city and settles into the upstairs studio.
In their meetings on the stairs, in the studio, at the corner cafe, the kitchen at dawn, Agnes tells stories of her youth, her family, her marriage, and ideas for her art - which is always just about to be created. As the months pass, it becomes clear that Agnes might not have a place to return to. The student is increasingly aware of Agnes's disintegration. Her stories are frenetic; her art scattered and unfinished, white paint on a white canvas.
What emerges is the menacing sense that every life is always at the edge of disaster, no matter its seeming stability. Alongside the research into human figures, the student is learning, from a cool distance, about the narrow divide between happiness and resentment, creativity and madness, contentment and chaos.
White on White is a sharp exploration of empathy and cruelty, and the stunning discovery of what it means to be truly vulnerable, and laid bare.
This product has FREE shipping however combined shipping for other products is not available with this item. Please allow up to 10 days for shipping.
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