{"product_id":"blue-ruin-9780593801376","title":"Blue Ruin","description":"\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty and power, capital, art and those who devote their lives to creating it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce, Jay was an artist. After graduating from art school in London, he was tipped for greatness, a promising career taking shape before him. That was not to happen. Now, undocumented in the United States, having survived Covid, he lives out of his car and barely makes a living as an essential worker, delivering groceries in a wealthy area of upstate New York. One day, as Jay attempts to make a delivery at a house surrounded by acres of woods, he is confronted by his destructive past: Alice, a former lover from his art school days, and the friend she left him for. Recognizing Jay's dire circumstances, Alice invites him to stay on their property--where an erratic gallery owner and his girlfriend are isolating as well--setting in motion a reckoning that has been decades in the making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGripping and brilliantly orchestrated, \u003ci\u003eBlue Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e moves back and forth through time, delivering an extraordinary portrait of an artist as he reunites with his past and confronts the world he once loved and left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hari Kunzru\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.33w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593801376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHARI KUNZRU is the author of six novels, \u003ci\u003eRed Pill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite Tears\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGods Without Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransmission\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Impressionist\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy in Berlin, and the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library, he is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and writes the \"Easy Chair\" column for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn and teaches in the Creative Writing Program at New York University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43769262997619,"sku":"9.78059E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7fd8a486-390e-482d-8b3d-d2b01bc4fbe7.jpg?v=1757073819","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/blue-ruin-9780593801376","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}