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Coup de coeur
(Essays), by Rita
The monsters are everywhere. They trouble our moralities and keep us awake at night. People we love, movies that shaped us,... Should we give them up? How should we give them up? Is it possible to decide on a moral line between what is acceptable and what is not? Should we only make ethical art? Should emotions rule over our appreciation of beautiful things? None of these questions are answered here. But although the book does not, as expected, give you a moral calculator, it does provide you with insight on your right to anger, and with much, much food for thought.
The must-read book for fans everywhere
'How rare and nourishing this sort of roaming thought is and what a joy to read'
MEGAN NOLAN, Sunday Times
'An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration of the perilous boundaries between art and life'
JENNY OFFILL
Pablo Picasso beat his partners. Richard Wagner was deeply antisemitic. David Bowie slept with an underage fan. But many of us still love Guernica and the Ring cycle and Ziggy Stardust.
And what are we to do with that love? How are we, as fans, to reckon with the biographical choices of the artists whose work sustains us?
Wildly smart and insightful, Monsters is an exhilarating attempt to understand our relationship with art and the artist in the twenty-first century.
'An incredible book, the best work of criticism I have read in a very long time' NICK HORNBY
'Part memoir, part treatise, and all treat' New York Times
'Clever and provocative' Daily Telegraph
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 23 May 2024
Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 21 mm
ISBN: 9781399715072
