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The Suicide of Claire Bishop. A Novel.
Carmiel Banasky
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Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 571.
In 1959 Claire Bishop sits for a portrait, only to discover that what the artist has actually depicted is her suicide. Haunted by the painting, Claire starts to question whether it is a premonition. In 2004, a schizophrenic young man is obsessed with a painting he encounters in a gallery: a mysterious image of a woman's suicide. Convinced the painting is a message to him, he becomes submerged in an elaborate delusion. When the two characters finally meet in the present, the young man's delusion is shattered, only to be replaced by a reality even more strange.
In 1959 Claire Bishop sits for a portrait, only to discover that what the artist has actually depicted is her suicide. Haunted by the painting, Claire starts to question whether it is a premonition. In 2004, a schizophrenic young man is obsessed with a painting he encounters in a gallery: a mysterious image of a woman's suicide. Convinced the painting is a message to him, he becomes submerged in an elaborate delusion. When the two characters finally meet in the present, the young man's delusion is shattered, only to be replaced by a reality even more strange.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dzanc Books United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Westland, United States
ISBN
9781938103087
SKU
V9781938103087
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About Carmiel Banasky
Carmiel Banasky is a writer and teacher from Portland, OR. Her work has appeared in Glimmer Train, American Short Fiction, Slice, Guernica, PEN America, The Rumpus, and NPR, among other places. She earned her M.F.A. from Hunter College, where she taught Undergraduate Creative Writing. She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from Bread Loaf, Ucross, Ragdale, Artist Trust, I-Park, ... Read more
Reviews for The Suicide of Claire Bishop. A Novel.
"Daring, precise, and linguistically acrobatic, this novel brings a history of America alive, from the war protests in the sixties to turn-of-the21st-century art theft. A fearless portrayal of madness and its consequences, Carmiel Banaksy's debut novel tracks the life of a suicidal housewife and her unlikely, schizophrenic counterpart. This is a new writer to savor, reminiscent of Nicole Krauss, Michael ... Read more