White on White by Aysegl Savas

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White on White by Aysegl Savas

A marvelous (Lauren Groff) and gentle, mysterious and profound (Marina Abramovic) novel about a woman who has come undone.

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 caf , 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 13 9780593330517
ISBN 10 059333051X
Title White on White
Author Aysegül Savas
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published 2021-12-07
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.