Optic nerve
(Book)
"Whenever I'm in survival mode I find myself magnetised by museums and galleries, like people running for air raid shelters in wartime." The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. Her intimate, digressive voice guides us through a gallery of moments that have touched her. In these pages, El Greco visits the Sistine Chapel and is appalled by Michelangelo's bodies. The mystery of Rothko's refusal to finish murals for the Seagram Building in New York is blended with the story of a hospital in which a prostitute walks the halls while the narrator's husband receives chemotherapy. Episodes in art history interact with the narrator's life in Buenos Aires--her family and work; her loves and losses; her infatuations and disappointments. The effect is of a character refracted by environment, composed by the canvases she studies.
Gainza, M., & Bunstead, T. (2019). Optic nerve. New York, Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gainza, María, 1975- and Thomas, Bunstead. 2019. Optic Nerve. New York, Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gainza, María, 1975- and Thomas, Bunstead, Optic Nerve. New York, Catapult, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gainza, María and Thomas Bunstead. Optic Nerve. New York, Catapult, 2019.
Record Information
| Last Sierra Extract Time | Apr 22, 2024 11:16:24 PM |
|---|---|
| Last File Modification Time | Apr 22, 2024 11:16:32 PM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Apr 22, 2024 11:16:27 PM |
MARC Record
| LEADER | 02696nam 2200457 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | FLC9018469163 | ||
| 003 | CoBoFLC | ||
| 005 | 20190321090857.0 | ||
| 008 | 190321s2019 nyu e 000 1 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9781948226165|q (hardback) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1049777041 | ||
| 040 | |a TnLvILS|b eng|e rda|c TnLvILS|d CoBoFLC | ||
| 041 | 1 | |a eng|h spa | |
| 050 | 4 | |a PQ7798.417.A36|b N4713 2019 | |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 863/.7|2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Gainza, María,|d 1975-|e author. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Nervio òptico.|l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Optic nerve /|c Maria Gainza ; translated by Thomas Bunstead. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York :|b Catapult,|c 2019. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2019. | |
| 300 | |a 193 pages ;|c 23 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated|b n|2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume|b nc|2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Originally published in 2014 in Spanish as El nervio òptico. | ||
| 520 | |a "Whenever I'm in survival mode I find myself magnetised by museums and galleries, like people running for air raid shelters in wartime." The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. Her intimate, digressive voice guides us through a gallery of moments that have touched her. In these pages, El Greco visits the Sistine Chapel and is appalled by Michelangelo's bodies. The mystery of Rothko's refusal to finish murals for the Seagram Building in New York is blended with the story of a hospital in which a prostitute walks the halls while the narrator's husband receives chemotherapy. Episodes in art history interact with the narrator's life in Buenos Aires--her family and work; her loves and losses; her infatuations and disappointments. The effect is of a character refracted by environment, composed by the canvases she studies. | ||
| 546 | |a Translated from Spanish. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Art|v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Artists|v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women art historians|v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social classes|v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Buenos Aires (Argentina)|v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Domestic fiction.|2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Autobiographical fiction.|2 lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Bunstead, Thomas,|e translator. | |
| 907 | |a .b28996902 | ||
| 945 | |y .i4425717x|i R0095473002|l bgfca|s -|h |u 8|x 0|w 0|v 8|t 0|z 190403|1 11-25-2022 22:19|o -|a F Gain | ||
| 945 | |y .i44257181|i R0095474260|l bmfca|s -|h |u 10|x 1|w 0|v 12|t 0|z 190403|1 05-22-2023 19:00|o -|a F Gain | ||
| 945 | |y .i44282540|i 33060011413551|l lgfca|s -|h |u 10|x 1|w 0|v 5|t 0|z 190411|1 08-03-2023 16:33|o -|a FICTION GAINZA, M. | ||
| 945 | |y .i44564478|i 33471004000588|l lafga|s -|h |u 6|x 0|w 0|v 6|t 0|z 190711|1 06-04-2022 17:37|o -|a Gai | ||
| 998 | |f -|e a |i eng|h bg|h bm|h la|h lg | ||
