{"product_id":"the-suicide-of-claire-bishop-9781938103087","title":"The Suicide of Claire Bishop","description":"Greenwich 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. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938103087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2015 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carmiel Banasky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41839262498997,"sku":"9781938103087","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c39dfe84-a8e6-4456-8776-1d8790c4806e.jpg?v=1646729946","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-suicide-of-claire-bishop-9781938103087","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}