Optic Nerve
of MarĂa Gainza, Thomas Bunstead (Translator)
Description
The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. Her intimate, digressive voice guides us through a gallery of moments that have touched her.In these pages, El Greco visits the Sistine Chapel and is appalled by Michelangeloâs bodies. The mystery of Rothko's refusal to finish murals for the Seagram Building in New York is blended with the story of a hospital in which a prostitute walks the halls while the narrator's husband receives chemotherapy. Alfred de Dreux visits GĂ©ricault's workshop; Gustave Courbet's devilish seascapes incite viewers âto have sex, or to eat an appleâ; Picasso organizes a cruel banquet in Rousseauâs honor. . . . All of these fascinating episodes in art history interact with the narrator's life in Buenos Airesâher family and work; her loves and losses; her infatuations and disappointments. The effect is of a character refracted by environment, composed by the canvases she studies.Seductive and capricious, Optic Nerve is a book that captures, like no other, the mysterious connections between a work of art and the person who perceives it.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208 pages
- Publisher Catapult
- Publication Date April 9th 2019
- First Publication 06/26/14
- Language English
- ISBN 9781948226165
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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