The Gift is, in many ways, the antiAtocha?where Lerner's narrator
fails to achieve a profound experience of art, Browning's has an
intense intellectual and emotional response to music, dance, and
performance. Meaning isn't just accessible to her, it's also
movingly conveyed to the reader. Here, art is one of the love
stories. This is a book about performance art, yes, but it's also
funny and suspenseful. The narrator's friendship with Sami, a
musician in Berlin, takes place virtually, and the negotiation of
their growing intimacy, as well as the question of who Sami really
is, is the tension that propels the book. What's extraordinary
about The Gift is the seriousness with which it takes the idea of
joy, the idea of offering something, unbidden, to a stranger, the
idea of making something purely out of love. It takes some very
heady ideas about performance art, Occupy, and gift economies and
makes them beautiful. Browning's work as an artist offers a range
of opportunities for nontraditional promotion?collaborations with
video artists, events at venues like Judson Church, and creative
use of the ukulele covers that play such a prominent part in the
book, and already live on her soundcloud page.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
