{"product_id":"painting-time-paperback","title":"Painting Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaylis De Kerangal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJessica Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a most anticipated book of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn aesthetic and existential coming-of-age novel exploring the apprenticeship of a young female painter. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Maylis de Kerangal's \u003ci\u003ePainting Time\u003c\/i\u003e, we are introduced to the burgeoning young artist Paula Karst, who is enrolled at the famous Institut de Peinture in Brussels. Unlike the friends she makes at school, Paula strives to understand the specifics of what she's painting--replicating a wood's essence or a marble's wear requires method, technique, and talent, she finds, but also something else: craftsmanship. She resolutely chooses the painstaking demands of craft over the abstraction of high art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the attention of a documentary filmmaker, de Kerangal follows Paula's career, which is punctuated by brushstrokes, hard work, sleepless nights, sore muscles, and long, festive evenings. An enchanted and atmospheric coming-of-age novel, \u003ci\u003ePainting Time\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate and unsparing exploration of craft, inspiration, and the contours of the contemporary art world. As she did in her acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eThe Heart\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cook\u003c\/i\u003e, de Kerangal unravels a tightly wound professional world to reveal the beauty within.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaylis de Kerangal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eNaissance d'un pont\u003c\/i\u003e (published in English as \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e), which won the Prix Médicis in 2010; \u003ci\u003eRéparer les vivants\u003c\/i\u003e, whose U.S. English translation, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's Top Ten Novels of 2016; and \u003ci\u003eUn chemin de tables\u003c\/i\u003e, whose English translation, \u003ci\u003eThe Cook\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. She lives in Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the books \u003ci\u003eEverything, Now\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Singing Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e. Her translation of \u003ci\u003eTurkana Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, by Jean-François Beauchemin, received a PEN\/Heim Translation Fund Grant, and her translation of Maylis de Kerangal's \u003ci\u003eRéparer les vivants\u003c\/i\u003e, published as \u003ci\u003eMend the Living\u003c\/i\u003e, was long-listed for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize and won the U.K.'s Wellcome Prize in 2017.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e ALA Notable Books (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44317970530406,"sku":"9781250829559","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eXlZdnZFT3pINzMrTHEwd2xvQVZhQT09.webp?v=1768078330","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/painting-time-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}