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The Wren, The Wren

The Wren, The Wren

Enright, Anne

THE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR A Financial Times Best Book of 2023 A revelatory portrait of a great museum and the moving story of one guard s quest to find solace and meaning in art Who would have thought that the outstanding art book of you would have been written not by a curator or an art historian or even an artist but by a museum guard Sunday TimesWhen Patrick s ol...

Editorial:
Universal Books
Año de edición:
2024
Materia:
English
ISBN:
978-1-5299-2290-5
Páginas:
265
Encuadernación:
Otros
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THE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR A Financial Times Best Book of 2023 A revelatory portrait of a great museum and the moving story of one guard s quest to find solace and meaning in art Who would have thought that the outstanding art book of you would have been written not by a curator or an art historian or even an artist but by a museum guard Sunday TimesWhen Patrick s older brother dies at twenty six all he wants is to retreat So he does He quits his job and seeks refuge in the most beautiful place he can think of New York s Metropolitan Museum of Art All the Beauty in the World recounts Patrick s time as a museum guard keeping quiet vigil over some of our greatest treasures and uncovering the Met s innermost secrets As his connection to the art and the life that swirls around it grows so does Patrick and gradually he emerges transformed by heartbreak community and the power of art to illuminate life in all its pain pleasure and hope As luminous as the old masters paintings Daily Mail Consoling and beautiful Guardian Marvellous Daily Telegraph A beautiful tale about beauty It is also a tale about grief balancing solitude and comradeship and finding joy in both the exalted and the mundane

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