{"product_id":"the-body-artist","title":"The Body Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA sad, beautiful novel, The Body Artist is an elliptical meditiation on the mysteries of love, life and time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A novel that is both slight and profound, a distilled meditation on perception and loss, and a poised, individual ghost story for the twenty-first century’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Body Artist begins with normality: breakfast between a married couple, Lauren and Rey, in their ramshackle rented house on the New England coast. Recording their delicate, intimate, half-complete thoughts and words, DeLillo proves himself a stunningly unsentimental observer of our idiosyncratic relationships. But after breakfast, Rey makes a decision that leaves Lauren utterly alone, or seems to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Lauren, the body artist of the title, becomes strangely detached from herself and the temporal world, the novel becomes an exploration of a highly abnormal grieving process; a fascinating exposé of ‘who we are when we are not rehearsing who we are’; and a rarefied study of trauma and creativity, absence and presence, isolation and communion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy is in near new condition with light scuffs on the edges of the covers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C - Well Read","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47279242576028,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/thebodyartist.jpg?v=1785395947","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/the-body-artist","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}