{"product_id":"9781925760675","title":"Night Blue","description":"Author: Angela O'Keeffe\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925760675\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Transit Lounge\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2022: UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePotent, haunting and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eNight Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is a debut novel like no other, a narrative largely told in the voice of the painting Blue Poles. It is a truly original and absorbing approach to revisiting Jackson Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner as artists and people, as well as a realigning our ideas around the cultural legacy of Whitlam\u0026amp;#x27;s purchase of \u003ci\u003eBlue Poles\u003c\/i\u003e in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also the story of Alyssa, and a contemporary relationship, in which Angela O\u0026amp;#x27;Keeffe immerses us in the essential power of art to change our personal lives and, by turns, a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between New York and Australia with fluid ease, \u003ci\u003eNight Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is intimate and tender, yet surprisingly dramatic. It is a glorious exploration of how art must never be undervalued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Intimate, sublime, this work shines.\u0026amp;#x27; - Favel Parrett, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePast the Shallows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere Was Still Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Intelligent and poignant,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNight Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e traverses the boundaries between language and art in a delicious tour de force. I found it impossible to put down.\u0026amp;#x27;- Mette Jakobsen, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat the Light Hides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Act\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Miraculous ... O\u0026amp;#x27;Keeffe gets under the skin of a painting we all thought we knew, giving it agency and voice, releasing a spirit that is by turns dreamlike, tender and ruthlessly true.\u0026amp;#x27;- Michael Fitzgerald, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pacific Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Piet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867090178206,"sku":"ADS-9781925760675","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925760675.jpg?v=1779429653","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925760675","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}