{"product_id":"the-longcut-paperback","title":"The Longcut - 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\u003eEmily Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Longcut\u003c\/i\u003e is an artist who doesn't know what her art is. As she gets lost on her way to a meeting in an art gallery, walking around in circles in a city she knows perfectly well, she finds herself endlessly sidetracked and distracted by the question of what her work is and how she'll know it when she sees it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her mental peregrinations take her through the elements that make up her life: her dull office job where she spends the day moving items into a \"completed\" column, insomniac nights in her so-called studio (also known as her tiny apartment), encounters with an enigmatic friend who may or may not know her better than she knows herself. But wherever she looks she finds only more questions--what is the difference between the world and the photographed world, why do objects wither in different contexts, what is Cambridge blue--that lead her further away from the one thing that really matters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An extraordinary feat of syntactical dexterity and comic ingenuity, \u003ci\u003eThe Longcut\u003c\/i\u003e is ultimately a story of resistance to easy answers and the place of art and the artist in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Hall \u003c\/b\u003ehas been a contributor to \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e since 2003; her writing has also appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, and the zine \u003ci\u003eRedHeaded StepChild\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Longcut\u003c\/i\u003e, her first novel, was shortlisted for the 2020 Novel Prize. She lives in New York, where she edits exhibition catalogues at The Museum of Modern Art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.4 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48648380907659,"sku":"9781628973976","price":28.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/nuRzULCvJQ9781628973976.webp?v=1784854250","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-longcut-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}