{"product_id":"painting-time","title":"Painting Time","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePainting Time\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMaylis De Kerangal\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250829559\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePicador Paper\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e240\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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\n\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Picador Paper","offers":[{"title":"Painting Time | Maylis De Kerangal | Paperback | 9781250829559 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1741483 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48168910946456,"sku":"1741483","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81w6RmUTwQL.jpg?v=1771981717","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/painting-time","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}