{"product_id":"the-suicide-of-claire-bishop-hardcover","title":"The Suicide of Claire Bishop - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarmiel Banasky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreenwich Village, 1959. Claire Bishop sits for a portrait--a gift from her husband--only to discover that what the artist has actually depicted is Claire's suicide. Haunted by the painting, Claire is forced to redefine herself within a failing marriage and a family history of madness. Shifting ahead to 2004, we meet West, a young man with schizophrenia obsessed with a painting he encounters in a gallery: a mysterious image of a woman's suicide. Convinced it was painted by his ex-girlfriend, West constructs an elaborate delusion involving time-travel, Hasidism, art-theft, and the terrifying power of representation. When the two characters finally meet, in the present, delusions are shattered and lives are forever changed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Suicide of Claire Bishop\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling debut, evocative of Michael Cunningham's \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (and Virginia Woolf's classic \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as Donna Tartt's bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Goldfinch\u003c\/i\u003e. With high stakes that reach across American history, Carmiel Banasky effortlessly juggles balls of madness, art theft, and Time itself, holding the reader in a thrall of language and personal consequences. Daring, sexy, emotional, \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide of Claire Bishop\u003c\/i\u003e heralds Banasky as an important new talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarmiel Banasky\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and teacher from Portland, OR. Her work has appeared in Glimmer Train, American Short Fiction, Slice, Guernica, PEN America, The Rumpus, and NPR, among other places. She earned her M.F.A. from Hunter College, where she taught Undergraduate Creative Writing. She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from Bread Loaf, Ucross, Ragdale, Artist Trust, I-Park, and others foundations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769902006560,"sku":"9781938103087","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5874d5220045d17d8aaed0ac74ba544e.webp?v=1780359337","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-suicide-of-claire-bishop-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}