{"product_id":"minor-black-figures","title":"Minor Black Figures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom “literary superstar” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) and Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, his “most accomplished novel” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e): the story of a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York simmers with heat and unrest as Wyeth, a painter, finds himself at an impasse in his own work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter attending a dubious show put on by a collective of careerist artists, he retreats to a bar in the West Village where he meets Keating, a former seminarian. Over the long summer, as the two get to know each another, they talk and argue about God, sex, and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, at his job working for an art restorer, Wyeth begins to investigate the life and career of a forgotten, minor black artist. His search yields potential answers to questions that Wyeth is only now beginning to ask about what it means to be a black artist making black art amid the mess and beauty of life itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he did so brilliantly in the Booker Prize finalist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eReal Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the bestselling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Late Americans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Brandon Taylor brings alive a captivating set of characters, this time at work and at play in the competitive art world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMinor Black Figures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a vividly etched portrait, both sweeping and tender, of friendship, creativity, belief, and the deep connections among them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47774211932298,"sku":null,"price":1366.1,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0326\/6727\/1306\/files\/Adsiztasarim_1_870029e3-7fbd-4ae9-8401-e33774ef6482.png?v=1772890284","url":"https:\/\/minoa.com\/en\/products\/minor-black-figures","provider":"Minoa Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}