{"product_id":"9781474611640-museum-of-modern-love","title":"The Museum of Modern Love","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mesmerising novel about a lost man in search of a connection - set against the backdrop of one of the greatest art events in modern history, Marina Abramovic's \u003ci\u003eThe Artist is Present\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my stand-out Australian reads from 2016 . A glorious novel, meditative and special' Hannah Kent, author of BURIAL RITES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArky Levin, a film composer in New York, has promised his wife that he will not visit her in hospital, where she is suffering in the final stages of a terminal illness. She wants to spare him a burden that would curtail his creativity, but the promise is tearing him apart. One day he finds his way to MOMA and sees Mariana Abramovic in \u003ci\u003eThe Artist is Present\u003c\/i\u003e. The performance continues for seventy-five days and, as it unfolds, so does Arky. As he watches and meets other people drawn to the exhibit, he slowly starts to understand what might be missing in his life and what he must do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31882008068193,"sku":"9781474611640","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28274034.jpg?v=1722497877","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781474611640-museum-of-modern-love","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}