Chinese Takeout - Brossura

Arthur Nersesian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0714531111 ISBN 13: 9780714531113

Casa editrice: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

Orloff Trenchant is a painter who sells books on West 4th Street in Manhattan and is obsessed with mastering his craft. Desperate for cash, Orloff agrees to take a commission no one else will touch: he has three weeks to carve a headstone for a recently deceased Chinese restaurateur in the shape of a Chinese takeout box. As Orloff attempts to make his deadline, he navigates a toxic mix of fellow artists, struggling gallery owners, and a haunting drug addict poet whose life is more out of control than his own.

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Recensione

Not since Henry Miller has a writer so successfully captured the trials and tribulations of a struggling artist. Nersesian focuses on urban life, and here he has created a masterly image. Highly recommended . --Library Journal

Thoroughly validates Nersesian s reputation as one of the wittiest and most perceptive chroniclers of downtown life. --Time Out, New York

A heartfelt, tragicomic bohemian romance...The hip squalor...takes on a mythic charge that energises Nersesian s lyrical celebration. --Publishers Weekly

L'autore

Arthur Nersesian is a genuine New York writer. His novels are a celebration of marginal characters living in the East Village and trying to survive. Nersesian's other books include The Fuck Up, The East Village Tetralogy and Manhattan Loverboy which was recently reprinted in a new edition by MTV books. As well as writing Nersesian has been an editor for The Portable Lower East Side. His work has been championed by The Village Voice and Time Out New York.

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• Editore: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0714531111
• ISBN 13: 9780714531113
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 292