The Modern

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Scribner Australia
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2023
Edition: First Edition

Description: 327 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In an age driven by desire, what happens when you want two different things Set in the pristine, precarious world of MoMA, The Modern is a brilliantly wry and insightful debut about art, sexuality, commitment and whether being on the right path can lead to the wrong place. Things seem to be working out for Sophia in New having come from Australia to be at the centre of modernity, shes working at the Museum of Modern Art, living in a great apartment with a boyfriend interviewing for Ivy League teaching positions. Theyre smart, serious, dine in the right restaurants and have (a little unexpectedly) become engaged just before he leaves to hike the Appalachian Trail. Alone in the city, Sophia begins to wonder what it means to be married to be defined, publicly in the 21st century. Can you be true to yourself and someone else In a bridal shop she meets Cara, a young artist struggling to get over her ex-girlfriend, and the two begin a connection that leads Sophia to question the nature of her relationships, her career and the consequences of being modern. Both playful and profound, inhabiting the gap between what we feel about ourselves and how we behave, Anna Kate Blairs debut novel is a sparklingly insightful queer exploration of desire, art and her generations place in the world. It announces an exceptional new literary voice. ‘Cerebral and sensual … each fork in the road revealing itself with insight and beauty. Katerina Gibson, author of Women I Know ‘A dazzling exploration of desire and longing. Anna Kate Blair has given us a new form of fiction intellectual, yearning, honest and vulnerable. Anne Casey-Hardy, author of Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls ‘This novel is a work of art ... It made me laugh, feel lucky to be alive, and reminded me of the expansiveness of creativity. Laura McPhee-Browne, author of Cherry Beach

ISBN: 9781761421242